Papilio xanthopleura
Papilio xanthopleura | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Papilio |
Species: | P. xanthopleura |
Binomial name | |
Papilio xanthopleura Godman & Salvin, 1868 | |
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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
- ↑ Papilio at Funet
- ↑ Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 16.
External links
- 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.
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