Papilio mahadeva

Short description: Species of butterfly

Burmese raven

Moore's figure in Proceedings of the Zoological Society \- Papilio mahadeva is figure 1
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Papilionidae
Genus:  | Papilio
Species:  |

P. mahadeva

Binomial name
Papilio mahadeva

Moore, [1879]

Synonyms

* Papilio mahadevus
* Papilio mahadeva maheswara Jordan, 1909
* Papilio mehala Grose-Smith, 1886
* Papilio selangoranus Fruhstorfer, 1901

Papilio mahadeva, the Burmese raven, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Thailand, Burma and Guangxi.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Subspecies
* 2 Biology
* 3 Habitat
* 4 Systematics
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Subspecies

* Papilio mahadeva mahadeva (Thailand)
* Papilio mahadeva mehala Grose-Smith, 1886 (Burma)
* Papilio mahadeva selangoranus Fruhstorfer, 1901 (northern Peninsular Malaya)
* Papilio mahadeva choui Li, 1994 (Guangxi)

## Biology

Papilio mahadeva is a mimic of Euploea core. Recorded larval food plants are species of Glycosmis including Glycosmis pentaphylla and Glycosmis citrifolia.

## Habitat

It lives in lowland dipterocarp forests and forest edges at up to 500 m.

## Systematics

Papilio mahadeva is a member of the castor species group. The clade members are:

* Papilio castor Westwood, 1842
* Papilio dravidarum Wood-Mason, 1880
* Papilio mahadeva Moore, [1879]

## References

1. ↑ Papilio at Funet

## External links

* Butterflycorner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

Wikidata ☰ Q556789 entry

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