Papilio fuscus
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| Canopus Swallowtail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. fuscus |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779 | |
The Canopus Swallowtail (Papilio fuscus) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family, that is found on Timor, Northern Australia, and New Guinea.
The wingspan is about 80 mm.
The larvae feed on Rutaceae species.
Taxonomy
Papilio fuscus is the nominate member of the fuscus species-group. The members of this clade are
- Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865
- Papilio antonio Hewitson, [1875]
- Papilio diophantus Grose-Smith, 1883
- Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779
- Papilio hipponous C. & R. Felder, 1862
- Papilio jordani Fruhstorfer, 1906
- Papilio noblei de Nicéville, [1889]
- Papilio pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887]
- Papilio prexaspes C. & R. Felder, 1865
- Papilio sakontala Hewitson, 1864
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