Papilio jordani, the Jordan's swallowtail, is a vulnerable species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to northern Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Taxonomy
Papilio jordani 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, [1887] Papilio prexaspes C. & R. Felder, 1865 Papilio sakontala Hewitson, 1864
Etymology
It was named to honour German entomologist Karl Jordan.
References
External links
The Global Butterfly Information System Images of male syntype deposited in the Natural History Museum, London. Taxonomic history.
