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Geographical Distribution of Papilio polytes

Distribution: India and Sri Lanka to China, Malaysia, the Phillipines, the Moluccas, Guam, Palao, Formosa (Taiwan) and southern part of Japan (the Ryukyu Islands).
Map by Hiura I and Aljgar RE (1971) .

Hiura I, Aljgar RE (1971)
STUDIES ON THE PHILIPPINE BUTTERFLIES CHIEFLY COLLECTED BY THE C0-0PERATIVE SURVEY BY THE OSAKA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1969. part I : Papilionidae * Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History, 24: 29-44 (1971), pls. 1-4.


Map by Clarke CA and Sheppard PM. (1972).

Clarke CA, Sheppard PM.
The genetics of the mimetic butterfly Papilio polytes L.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1972 Mar 16;263(855):431-58.


Map by Fujioka et al. (1997)

Tsukiyama H, Chiba H, Fujioka T (1997)
Japanese Butterflies and Their Relatives in the World I
pp. 672, Syuppan-Geizyutu-Sya Co., Ltd, (Tokyo) ISBN: 488293146X

Map by Fujioka et al. (1997)

Tsukiyama H, Chiba H, Fujioka T (1997)
Japanese Butterflies and Their Relatives in the World I
pp. 672, Syuppan-Geizyutu-Sya Co., Ltd, (Tokyo) ISBN: 488293146X