Papilio hectorides
Papilio hectorides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Papilio |
Species: | P. hectorides |
Binomial name | |
Papilio hectorides Esper, 1794 | |
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Papilio hectorides is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil.[1]
It is common and not threatened.[2] Larvae feed on Piperaceae.[3]
Ecozone
This species is located in the neotropical ecozone.
References
- ↑ Papilio at Funet
- ↑ Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6.
- ↑ Sérgio A. Vanin, Clécio S. Ramos, Elsie F. Guimarães & Massuo J. Kato, 2008 Insect feeding preferences on Piperaceae species observed in São Paulo city, Brazil Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 52(1): 72-77, março 2008 pdf
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 1(female),figure 2(male)
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