Papilio torquatus
| Torquatus Swallowtail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. torquatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio torquatus Cramer, 1777 | |
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The Torquatus Swallowtail (Papilio torquatus) is a swallowtail butterfly in the Papilioninae subfamily. It is found from northern Argentina to Mexico.
The wingspan is 75–80 millimetres (3.0–3.1 in). Adults strongly resemble Papilio garleppi.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Citrus species. Full-grown larvae are mottled in dull tones of brown, greenish-yellow and whitish. It resembles a bird dropping.
Subspecies
- Papilio torquatus torquatus (Venezuela, Guianas to Brazil (Amazonas), Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
- Papilio torquatus mazai Beutelspacher, 1977 (Mexico, El Salvador)
- Papilio torquatus tolmides Godman & Salvin, 1890 (Panama, Costa Rica)
- Papilio torquatus tolus Godman & Salvin, 1890 (Mexico, Guatemala)
- Papilio torquatus leptalea Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (western Ecuador)
- Papilio torquatus polybius Swainson, 1823 (Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso), Paraguay, Argentina)
- Papilio torquatus jeani (Brown & Lamas, 1994) (Colombia, western Venezuela)
References
- Lewis, H.L., (1974) Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 12 (male), figure 13 (female).
External links
- Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf
- Butterflies and Moths of North America
- Learn About Butterflies
- Butterflies of Sangay National Park
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