Papilio garamas

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Papilio garamas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. garamas
Binomial name
Papilio garamas
(Geyer, [1829])
Synonyms
  • Euphoeades garamas Geyer, [1829]
  • Heraclides asclepius Geyer, [1829]
  • Papilio cincinnatus Boisduval, 1836
  • Papilio garamas garamas f. amisa Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
  • Papilio garamas ab. homeroides Draudt, 1931
  • Papilio garamas f. splendida Beutelspacher, 1976
  • Papilio garamas f. ampliata Beutelspacher, 1976
  • Papilio garamas ab. diazi Beutelspacher, 1976
  • Papilio abderus Hopffer, 1856
  • Papilio abderus f. amerias Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
  • Papilio electryon Bates, 1864
  • Papilio syedra Godman & Salvin, 1878
  • Papilio abderus baroni f. morenoi de la Maza, 1977

Papilio garamas is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama and Costa Rica.[1]

Description

A large butterfly with a wingspan of 80 – 110 millimetres. The females are dimorphic, either resembling the male or dark forms lacking the cream median and postdiscal bands contrasting with deep black ground colour.

Subspecies

Papilio garamas abderus
  • Papilio garamas garamas (western Mexico)
  • Papilio garamas abderus Hopffer, 1856 (eastern Mexico) generally seen as conspecific with P. garamas but sometimes treated as a distinct species (Collins & Morris 1985:87, Hancock 1983, Llorente-Bousquets et al. 1997).
  • Papilio garamas electryon Bates, 1864 (Guatemala to Honduras) may be placed in abderus
  • Papilio garamas syedra Godman & Salvin, 1878 (Panama, Costa Rica) may be placed in abderus
  • Papilio garamas baroni Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Mexico)may be placed in abderus

Taxonomy

Papilio garamas is a member of the homerus species-group. The members of this clade are

Papilio garamas is in the subgenus Pterourus Scopoli, 1777 which also includes the species-groups:- troilus species-group, glaucus species-group, the zagreus species-group and the scamander species-group.

Status

Not uncommon and not regarded as threatened. If the garamas subspecies other than garamas garamas are subspecies of abderus then garamas is a Mexican endemic, but a taxonomic clarification is required.

Ecozone

This species is located in the neotropic ecozone.

Etymology

Garamas was the son of Acacallis (Greek: Ἀκακαλλίς) in Greek mythology.

References

  1. ↑ Papilio at Funet
  • Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book (1985) IUCN pdf
  • Hancock, D.L. (1983). Classification of the Papilionidae (Lepidoptera): a phylogenetic approach. Smithersia 2: 1-48.
  • Llorente-Bousquets, J.E., Onate-Ocana, L., Luis-Martinez, A. & Vargas-Fernandez, I. 1997. Papilionidae y Pieridae de México: distribución geográfica e ilustración. Comisión Nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad (CONABIO), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico; [x], 231 pp.
  • Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 24, figure 20

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