Papilio schmeltzi

Papilio schmeltzi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. schmeltzi
Binomial name
Papilio schmeltzi
Herrich-Schäffer, 1869

Papilio schmeltzi is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is endemic to Fiji.[1]

Etymology

Named to honour the German naturalist Johann Schmeltz. It is common and not threatened.

References

systematics, phylogeny and biogeography. Australian Journal of Zoology 31:771-797.


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