| Malabar Banded Peacock | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. buddha
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| Binomial name | |
| Papilio buddha Westwood, 1872
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Papilio buddha, the Malabar banded peacock,[1][2] is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in the Western Ghats of India.[1][2][3] The Government of Kerala declared it as the official Kerala state butterfly. [1]
- ^ a b Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 5. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
- ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Papilio buddha Westwood, 1872". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ Westwood, John O (1872). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 500.