title: Papilio jordani
text: # Papilio jordani
  
  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.
  
  