Papilio thersites
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. thersites
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| Papilio thersites Fabricius, 1775
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Papilio thersites, the Thersites swallowtail or false Androgeus swallowtail, is a Neotropical butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Jamaica.
Papilio thersites is similar in appearance to Papilio astyalus. In the male the yellow band on the forewing is very broad and the cell-spot very large. In the female the forewing has a curved yellow band. The larvae are also similar to those of Papilio astyalus.[1][2]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Papilio thersites is a member of the Papilio thoas species group.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Karl Jordan Papilionidae in Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Vol. 5: Sect. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die Großschmetterlinge des amerikanischen Faunengebietes, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart 1907 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906). A revision of the American Papilios. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 411-752. online (and as pdf) (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967).
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Page 25, figure 11
External links
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