Papilio rogeri
| Pink-spotted Swallowtail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Tribe: | Papilionini |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. rogeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio rogeri Boisduval, 1836 | |
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The Pink-spotted Swallowtail (Papilio rogeri) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in central and southern Mexico. One stray has been reported from the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
Description
Forewing lighter in colour from the apex of the cell outwards, the dark basal area rounded distally; hindwing with suggestion of a small tail; some red spots on the disc, in two separate rows, in the male the proximal spots very small, usually only indicated; in the female all the spots larger than in the male.[1]
The wingspan is 84–95 mm.
Biology
Adults are on wing from February to October in Mexico and in April in southern Texas.
The larvae feed on Rutaceae species. Adults feed on flower nectar.
Subspecies
- Papilio rogeri rogeri – (Mexico)
- Papilio rogeri pharnaces Doubleday, 1846 – (Mexico) More or less distinctly tailed, hindwing with two separated rows of red spots, the proximal spots in the male often very small.
References
- ↑ 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 10 (ssp.pharnaces
External links
- Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf
- Butterflies and Moths of North America