Losaria palu

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| image = Losaria palu Martin (male), Sulawesi (Palu, 14.iv.1983, ex D. L. Hancock).png

| image_caption = male specimen

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| taxon = Losaria palu

| authority = (Martin 1912)

| synonyms =

• Atrophaneura palu (Martin, 1912)Martin, Dr.(1912). Ein neuer Papilio aus Celebes. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift "Iris" 26: 163-5. Plate given separately (1913) Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift "Iris" 27: Tafel 6. |status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Gimenez Dixon, M. |date=1996 |title=Losaria palu |volume=1996 |page=e.T2378A9435950 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2378A9435950.en |access-date=14 November 2021}} }}

Losaria palu,{{cite web |url=http://www.insects-online.de/frames/papilio.htm |title=Papilionidae – revised GloBIS/GART species checklist (2nd draft) |author1=Häuser, Christoph L. |author2=de Jong, Rienk |author3=Lamas, Gerardo |author4=Robbins, Robert K. |author5=Smith, Campbell |author6=Vane-Wright, Richard I. |date=28 July 2005 |work=Entomological Data Information System |publisher=Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany |accessdate=21 June 2013}} the Palu swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Its name is a reference to Palu, as the type specimen was captured in the highlands near the city, but it is also known from lower altitudes in the region. It is poorly known and has been regarded as a subspecies of Losaria coon.