List of Papilionidae in IUCN Red List Threat Status
This is a list of threatened Papilionidae sorted according to their current lUCN Red List threat status, listed taxonomically within each category. These assessments need to be constantly reappraised and new information that may affect the assessment is solicited from readers.
Please note that these assessments are an update on the assessments made in the 1985 Swallowtail Red Data Book (pictured above), using new categories defined by IUCN. However, no new assessments have been made since 1985, and these are therefore the same species that were assessed at that time.
The IUCN categories were revised when Red Data Books were phased out in the late 1980s and replaced by the IUCN Red List. The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria were extensively reviewed between 1997 and 1999. The revised Categories and Criteria (IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1) were adopted by the IUCN Council in February 2000 and the revised system came into use in 2001. All assessments submitted to The IUCN Red List must now use this system.
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED (1 species)
Atrophaneura jophon Sri Lanka
ENDANGERED (9 species)
Graphium levassori Comoro Is
Graphium sandawanum Mindanao (Philippines)
Ornithoptera meridionalis New Guinea (Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya (Indonesia))
Ornithoptera alexandrae Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Ornithoptera croesus Moluccas (Indonesia)
Papilio homerus Jamaica
Papilio moerneri Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea)
Papilio aristophontes Comoro Is
Papilio chikae Luzon (Philippines)
VULNERABLE (28 species)
Parnassius autocrator former USSR, Afghanistan
Parnassius apollo Palaearctic
Bhutanitis ludlowi Bhutan
Protographium marcellinus Jamaica
Eurytides iphitas Brazil
Graphium epaminondas Andaman Is (India)
Graphium idaeoides Philippines
Graphium megaera Palawan (Philippines)
Graphium meeki Bougainville (PNG), Solomons
Graphium stresemanni Seram (Indonesia)
Graphium procles Sabah (Malaysia)
Battus zetides Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Rep.)
Parides ascanius Brazil
Atrophaneura luchti Java (Indonesia)
Atrophaneura schadenbergi Luzon, Babuyan (Philippines)
Atrophaneura atropos Palawan (Philippines)
Troides prattorum Buru (Indonesia)
Troides dohertyi Talaud Is, Sangihe (Indonesia)
Ornithoptera rothschildi Irian Jaya (Indonesia)
Ornithoptera aesacus Obi (Moluccas, Indonesia)
Papilio esperanza Mexico
Papilio osmana Leyte, Mindanao (Philippines)
Papilio carolinensis Mindanao (Philippines)
Papilio phorbanta Reunion
Papilio jordani Sulawesi (Indonesia)
Papilio leucotaenia Zaire, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda
Papilio neumoegeni Sumba (Indonesia)
Papilio mangoura Madagascar
NEAR THREATENED (13 species)
Baronia brevicornis Mexico
Luehdorfia japonica Japan
Teinopalpus imperialis Nepal, India, Bhutan, Burma, China
Graphium mendana Bougainville (PNG), Solomons
Parides burchellanus Brazil
Troides andromache Sabah (Malaysia), Sarawak (Malaysia)
Ornithoptera chimaera New Guinea (PNG, Irian Jaya (Indonesia))
Papilio sjoestedti Tanzania
Papilio grosesmithi Madagascar
Papilio himeros Brazil, Argentina?
Papilio maraho Taiwan
Papilio benguetanus Luzon (Philippines)
Papilio manlius Mauritius
DATA DEFICIENT (18 species)
Bhutanitis mansfieldi China
Luehdorfia chinensis China
Teinopalpus aureus China
Graphium aurivilliusi Zaire
Graphium weberi Cameroun Note: IUCN Red List records this species erroneously as Not Assessed
Parides hahneli Brazil
Parides pizarro Peru, Brazil
Parides steinbachi Bolivia
Parides coelus French Guiana
Parides klagesi Venezuela
Atrophaneura palu Sulawesi (Indonesia)
Ornithoptera tithonus Irian Jaya (Indonesia)
Papilio caiguanabus Cuba
Papilio aristor Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Rep.)
Papilio garleppi Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Surinam
Papilio maroni French Guiana
Papilio antimachus West and Central Africa
Papilio morandavana Madagascar
LEAST CONCERN (6 species)
Bhutanitis thaidina China
Ornithoptera paradisea New Guinea (PNG, Irian Jaya (Indonesia))
Papilio toboroi Bougainville (PNG), Solomons
Papilio hospiton Corsica (France), Sardinia (Italy)
Papilio acheron Sabah (Malaysia), Sarawak (Malaysia), Brunei
Papilio weymeri Bismarck Archipelago (PNG)
ENDANGERED SUBSPECIES (not assessed in IUCN Red List) (3 subspecies)
Eurytides lysithous harrisianus Brazil
Papilio aristodemus ponceanus Florida (USA)
Papilio desmondi teita Kenya