Emerald Swallowtail

Emerald Swallowtail

Taxobox
name = Emerald swallowtail
status = secure



image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Papilionidae
genus = "Papilio"
species = "P. palinurus"
binomial = "Papilio palinurus"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

The Emerald Swallowtail ("Papilio palinurus") is a butterfly found primarily in South East Asia and is one of the very few green butterflies around. It is also referred to as "Emerald Peacock" or "Green-banded Peacock Swallowtail"

There are several subspecies (from Burma, Borneo, Indonesis, Nias and the Philippines).


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