page_title: List of butterflies of Taiwan
section_title: Tribe Papilionini
hierarchical_section_title: List of butterflies of Taiwan / Family Papilionidae / Subfamily Papilioninae / Tribe Papilionini
caption_attribution_description: English: Kerry took this picture at his house on 16 July 2005 Scientific name: Papilio paris nakaharai ♂ (back) Date of collection: 29 XII 1996 Place of collection: Taipei city, Taiwan 中文（繁體）‎: Kerry在2005年7月16日攝於自家 學名：Papilio paris nakaharai ♂ (背面) 採集日期：1996年12月29日 採集地點：台北市四獸山
context_page_description: At least 377 species of butterfly have been recorded in Taiwan, with some reports putting the number at over 400. Of these, 56 species are endemic to the island. Taiwan is in the Indomalayan realm.
  Following is a list of all butterflies found in Taiwan.
context_section_description: Papilio maraho (Shiraki & Sonan, 1934) ※endemic
  Papilio agestor matsumurae (Fruhstorfer, 1909) tawny mime
  Papilio bianor Cramer, 1777 Chinese peacock
  P. b. kotoensis Sonan, 1927
  P. b. thrasymedes Fruhstorfer 1909
  Papilio castor formosanus Rothschild, 1896
  Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 lime butterfly
  Papilio dialis tatsuta Murayama, 1970 southern Chinese peacock
  Papilio epycides melanoleucus (Ney, 1911)
  Papilio helenus fortunius Fruhstorfer, 1908 red Helen
  Papilio paris hermosanus Rebel, 1906
  Papilio hoppo Matsumura, 1907 ※endemic
  Papilio machaon sylvina Hemming, 1933
  Papilio memnon heronus Fruhstorfer, 1903 great Mormon
  Papilio nephelus chaonulus Fruhstorfer, 1908
  Papilio paris nakaharai Shirozu, 1960 Paris peacock
  Papilio polytes Linnaeus, 1758 common Mormon
  P. p. ledebouria Eschscholtz, 1821 ※vagrant
  P. p. pasikrates Fruhstorfer, 1908
  P. p. polytes Linnaeus, 1758 ※vagrant
  Papilio protenor Cramer, 1775 spangle
  Papilio rumanzovia Eschscholtz, 1821 ※vagrant
  Papilio taiwanus Rothschild, 1898 ※endemic
  Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767 Asian swallowtail
caption: P. p. nakaharai male
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