Papilio syfanius

Papilio syfanius is a butterfly from the Palaearctic ecozone (Asia). The first description was in 1890 by Oberthür. The wingspan is about 9 – 11 cm. This butterfly is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. Papilio syfanius is dark-brown. It has a large white area on its hind wings. Furthermore the hind wings have broad tails.

Photos for easy identification

: Photo © by Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Thomas Neubauer

Here you can see some photos of Papilio syfanius (male). Papilio syfanius is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE from Palaearctic (Asia).

Description

The fore wings are dark-brown. The outer half of the wing contains black veins or stripes. Males have a hairy area on the wings.
The underside of Papilio syfaniusis is brown or dark-brown. The veins are black.

The hind wings of Papilio syfanius are dark-brown and they have broad tails. The edge is ridged. The wing is spotted by green scales. There is a large white area on the wing. At the edge there is a chain of red spots. At the inner edge there is a red eye.
The underside is a copy from upside, but it is spotted by white scales.

The body is black.

Sex differences: Females have no hairy areas on their fore wings.

Distribution

Papilio syfanius is a butterfly from the Palaearctic (Asia) ecozone. You can meet this butterfly in China.

: 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 1890 by Oberthür. There are two subspecies.

Papilio syfanius albosyfanius [Shimogori & Fujioka, 1997]
Papilio syfanius kongaensis [Yoshino, 1997]

Macro photos

: Photo © by Thomas Neubauer; macro photograph of Papilio syfanius (upside)

: Photo © by Thomas Neubauer; macro photograph of Papilio syfanius (underside)

: Photo © by Thomas Neubauer; macro photograph of Papilio syfanius (upside)

: Photo © by Thomas Neubauer; macro photograph of Papilio syfanius (underside)

: Photo © by Thomas Neubauer; macro photograph of Papilio syfanius (underside)

Here you can see some macro photos of Papilio syfanius.

Protection provisions / Red List

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

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

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

-no entry- (Stand: 2008)