On the taxonomic status of the endangered Benguet Swallowtail Papilio benguetana Joicey & Talbot, 1923 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

Vazrick Nazari; Yu Feng Hsu; Adam M. Cotton; Masaya Yago

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5810.2.7

On the taxonomic status of the endangered Benguet Swallowtail Papilio benguetana Joicey & Talbot, 1923 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

Vazrick Nazari^*
, Yu Feng Hsu
, Adam M. Cotton
, Masaya Yago

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Life Science

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Abstract

A review of available evidence and new molecular data supports recognition of the endangered Benguet swallowtail butterfly Papilio benguetana Joicey & talbot, 1923, endemic to the Island of Luzon in the northern Philippines, as a distinct species of Papilio and not a subspecies of the widespread P. xuthus Linnaeus, 1767 as previously suggested.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	357-368
Number of pages	12
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	5810
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5810.2.7
Publication status	Published - 2026

Keywords

Benguet
Cordillera
Luzon
oriental region
Species delimitation
Swallowtail butterflies
The Philippines

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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On the taxonomic status of the endangered Benguet Swallowtail Papilio benguetana Joicey & Talbot, 1923 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

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