Papilio xanthopleura

Papilio xanthopleura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. xanthopleura
Binomial name
Papilio xanthopleura
Godman & Salvin, 1868
Synonyms
  • Papilio xanthopleura var. diaphora Staudinger, 1891

Papilio xanthopleura is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Peru and Brazil.[1]

Description

Sides of the abdomen yellow; under surface of the hindwing, without discal band, the red submarginal spots large. The female in two forms: female -f. xanthopleura is similar to the male, whilst female-f. diaphora Stgr. has a large pale yellow area on the upperside of the forewing.[2]

References

  1. Papilio at Funet
  2. Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45


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