Fijian Swallowtail

Papilio schmeltzi

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae

Papilio schmeltzi is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is endemic to Fiji. It was named to honour the German naturalist Johann Schmeltz. It is listed by the IUCN as near threatened.

Distribution

Fijian Swallowtail — (c) melianie_max_and_asker, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by melianie_max_and_asker · CC-BY

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Sources and credits

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Fijian Swallowtail

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