title: Papilio fuscus
text: # Papilio fuscus
  
  Papilio fuscus, the Canopus swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae, that is found on Timor, northern Australia, and New Guinea.
  
  The wingspan is about 80 mm.
  
  The larvae feed on Rutaceae species.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  * P. f. fuscus (Buru, Ambon, Serang)
  * P. f. alorensis Rothschild, 1894 (Alor)
  * P. f. beccarii Oberthür, 1880 (western Irian, north-western New Guinea)
  * P. f. canopinus Rothschild, 1895 (Romang, Leti Islands)
  * P. f. canopus Westwood, 1842 (north-western Australia, Northern Territory)
  * P. f. capaneus Westwood, 1843 (Cape York to northern New South Wales)
  * P. f. cilix Godman & Salvin, 1879 (New Hanover, New Ireland)
  * P. f. croton Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Damar)
  * P. f. hasterti Ribbe, 1907 (Bougainville, Choiseul)
  * P. f. hypsicles Hewitson, 1868 (New Hebrides)
  * P. f. hypsiclides Rothschild, 1894 (Wetar)
  * P. f. indicatus Butler, 1876 (southern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux, Woodlark, Lousiades, Torres Straits Islands)
  * P. f. lamponius Fruhstorfer, 1904 (New Britain)
  * P. f. lapathus Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Bachan)
  * P. f. lunifer Rothschild, 1895 (Talaud, Sangie Islands)
  * P. f. metagenes Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Tukangbesi: Binongko)
  * P. f. minor Oberthür, 1879 (northern Sulawesi, Sangihe)
  * P. f. ombiranus Rothschild, 1898 (Obi)
  * P. f. pertinax Wallace, 1865 (Sulawesi, Tukangbesi, Salaya, Sula Islands)
  * P. f. porrothenus Jordan, 1909 (Tanadjampea, Kalao, south-western Sulawesi)
  * P. f. rotalita (Swinhoe, 1893) (Aru, Key)
  * P. f. talyabona Joicey & Talbot, 1932 (Sula)
  * P. f. tenimberensis Rothschild, 1896 (Tanimbar, Babar)
  * P. f. thomsoni Butler, 1884 (Kai Islands)
  * P. f. umbrosus Rothschild, 1894 (Sambawa)
  * P. f. vollenhovii C. & R. Felder, 1865 (Timor)
  * P. f. wasiensis Hanafusa, 1991 (Tukangbesi: Wangiwangi)
  * P. f. xenophilus Mathew, 1886 (Guadalcanal, Santa Isabel, New Georgia Group)
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  Papilio fuscus is the nominate 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
  