Orchidaceae
Butterfly orchid
Psychopsis papilio
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Psychopsis
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 拟蝶唇兰, 擬蝶唇蘭
- English
- Butterfly orchid
- Japanese
- サイコプシス・パピリオ
- lah
- پکھڑوں رنگرتی
- Spanish
- Orquídea mariposa
Synonyms
- Oncidium palilionaceum Philippar
- Oncidium papilio Lindl.
- Oncidium papilio f. latourae (Broadway) A.D.Hawkes
- Oncidium papilio var. albiflorum Rchb.f. ex Lindl.
- Oncidium papilio var. latourae Broadway
- Oncidium papilio var. limbatum Hook.
- Oncidium papilio var. majus F.Buyss.
- Psychopsis latourae (Broadway) H.G.Jones
- Psychopsis papilio f. latourae (Broadway) Lückel & Jenny
- Psychopsis papilio var. albiflora (Rchb.f. ex Lindl.) Lückel & Jenny
- Psychopsis papilio var. latourae (Broadway) Lückel & Braem
- Psychopsis picta Raf.
Photos
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.