Papilio iswara

Papilio iswara is a butterfly from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The first description was in 1842 by White. The wingspan is about 12 – 13 cm. This butterfly is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. Papilio iswara is black. A yellow area dominates the hind wings.

Photos for easy identification

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

Here you can see some photos of Papilio iswara. Papilio iswara is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE from Australasia / Indomalaya (Australia).

Description

The fore wings are black.
The underside of Papilio iswara is nearly a copy of upside. The basic colour is dark-brown. At the wing leading edge the veins are yellow. At the outer edge there are many, yellow stripes.

The hind wings of Papilio iswara are black and they have tails. The edge is wavy. The wing is dominated by a broad, yellow area. At the inner edge there is a diffuse eye spot.
The underside is dark-brown. The wing is dominated by a three large yellow spots. Next to the body the wing is spotted by yellow scales. At the outer edge there are three yellow spots. At the inner edge there are two eye-spot.

The body is black, but the underside is dark-brown.

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Distribution

Papilio iswara is a butterfly from the Australasia / Indomalaya (Australia) ecozone. You can observe this butterfly in Indonesia.

: This world map shows the ecozones in which this butterfly is distributed.

Larval food

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General information

The first description of this butterfly was in 1842 by White. There is only one subspecies.

Papilio iswara araspes [Felder]

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

Here you can see the subspecies Papilio iswara araspes.

Macro photos

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer macro photograph of Papilio iswara (upside)

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer macro photograph of Papilio iswara (underside)

Here you can see some macro photos of Papilio iswara.

Protection provisions / Red List

CITES: (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora):

-no entry- (as at 12.02.2008)
EU regulation on trading with species of wild Fauna and Flora:

-no entry- (as at 19.08.2005)
IUCN Red List of threatened species:

-no entry- (as at 2008)