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Species of butterfly

Papilio maraho

Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. maraho
Binomial name
*Papilio maraho* (Shiraki & Sonan, 1934)

Papilio maraho is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Taiwan and has the highest profile due to its rarity and listing as a vulnerable species in the IUCN Red Data Book. Morphologically, it is very similar to Papilio elwesi. Both of species are in Agehana (a species group, often treated as a genus or a subgenus, within Papilio sensu lato). Based on the phylogenetic research, “Agehana” fell within the American Papilio subgenus Pterourus.

Papilio maraho feeds exclusively on Sassafras randaiense, a plant that's considered vulnerable by the IUCN. The host plant is only found in a few sunny spots in forest gaps at medium elevations in Taiwan's Central Mountain Range.

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Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Papilio maraho". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T15998A5347143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15998A5347143.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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Wu, Li-Wei; Yen, Shen-Horn; Lees, David C.; Lu, Chih-Chien; Yang, Ping-Shih; Hsu, Yu-Feng (2015-10-20). "Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of Asian Pterourus Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): A Case of Intercontinental Dispersal from North America to East Asia". PLOS ONE. 10 (10): e0140933. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140933. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4617649. PMID 26484776.
IUCN (1998-01-01). Sassafras randaiense: Lu, S.Y. & Pan, F.J.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T31248A9619639 (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.1998.rlts.t31248a9619639.en.

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