Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758

OCCURENCE

Habitat: Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
One specimen of this species was found in Kerinci Seblat National Park (Dahelmi et al. 2009), a 1.3 million hectare protected area. The host plant(s) for this species are unknown, and there is very little further data about its habitat and ecology.
(IUCN 2020)

Population: This species is thought to be uncommon and the females in particular are very rare in collections (Collins and Morris 1985, D. Peggie pers. comm. 2019). Dahelmi et al. (2009) found one specimen in one of nine National Parks surveyed on the island of Sumatra.
Range: This species is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra where it is reportedly found on the northern part of the island (Collins and Morris 1985), however, it has more recently been reported in Kerinci Seblat National Park (Dahelmi et al. 2009), which is found in the more southern province of Jambi. This species is thought to occur only at altitudes of over 1,000 m (Dahelmi et al. 2009). The extent of occurrence is estimated at 218,800 km². Its area of occupancy is unknown.
(IUCN 2020)

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References

• Collins, N.M. and Morris, M.G. 1985. Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World. The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland and Cambridge.
• Dahelmi, Salmah, S. and Herwina, H. 2009. Survey of swallowtail butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) at Several National Parks of Sumatra. Universitas Andalas Padang.
• IUCN. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2020-3. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 December 2020).