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Papilio moerneri

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Species of butterfly

Papilio moerneri
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. moerneri
Binomial name
Papilio moerneri
Aurivillius, 1919
Synonyms

Chilasa moerneri

Papilio moerneri is a rare species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to New Ireland in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur on New Britain as a second subspecies, P. m. mayrhoferi was described from this island in 1939, but there have been no further confirmed sightings from this part of its range.

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Papilio moerneri


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