Papilio warscewiczii
| Papilio warscewiczii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. warscewiczii |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio warscewiczii Hopffer, 1866 | |
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Papilio warscewiczii is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.[1]
Habitat
Moist rainforest in Madidi National Park, Bolivia
Montane forest in the Bolivian Yungas ecoregion. The larval foodplant is not recorded .[2]
Subspecies
- Papilio warscewiczii warscewiczii (south-eastern Peru, Bolivia)
- Papilio warscewiczii mercedes Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (eastern Peru)
- Papilio warscewiczii jelskii Oberthür, 1881 (south-eastern Ecuador, north-western Peru)
Taxonomy
Papilio warscewiczii is a member of the homerus species-group. The members of this clade are
- Papilio cacicus Lucas, 1852
- Papilio euterpinus Salvin & Godman, 1868
- Papilio garamas (Geyer, [1829])
- Papilio homerus Fabricius, 1793
- Papilio menatius (Hübner, [1819])
- Papilio warscewiczii Hopffer, 1865
Papilio warscewiczii 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.
Ecozone
This species is located in the neotropic ecozone.
Etymology
Named for the collector Józef Warszewicz
References
- ↑ Papilio at Funet
- ↑ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. (Accessed: 18 Aug.2010)
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 15 (underside).
External links
- Global Butterfly Information System Images of syntype in Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.
- 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