Papilio mahadeva explained

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

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]

External links

• Butterflycorner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

Notes and References

1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio/index.html Papilio at Funet