Papilio pitmani, known as the banded mormon, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam.Papilio at Funet
Description Very similar to Papilio hipponous but forewing above without distinct band, at most with a small spot before the hindmargin.Jordan, K. in Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln pdf
Subspecies Papilio pitmani pitmani Papilio duboisi Vitalis de Salvaza, 1921 (central Vietnam)
Taxonomy Papilio pitmani is a member of the fuscus species-group. The members of this clade are Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865 Papilio diophantus Grose-Smith, 1883 Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779 Papilio hipponous C. & R. Felder, 1862 Papilio jordani Fruhstorfer, 1906 Papilio pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, Papilio prexaspes C. & R. Felder, 1865 Papilio sakontala Hewitson, 1864
References
External links The Global Butterfly Information System Images of specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum, London Includes images of Papilio pitmani subspecies leptopsephus Fruhstorfer, 1909