Papilio andraemon
| Papilio andraemon | |
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| Papilio andraemon andraemon, Jamaica | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. andraemon |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio andraemon (Hübner, [1823]) | |
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The Bahaman swallowtail (Papilio andraemon) is a swallowtail butterfly of the Papilionae subfamily. It is found on the Bahamas, Cuba and Jamaica. It is a rare stray or temporary colonist of the Florida Keys or the mainland near Miami.
The wingspan is 96–102 millimetres (3.8–4.0 in). Adults are on wing from April to October (December in Jamaica) in three generations per year.
The larvae feed on various species in the Rutaceae family, including Citrus, Ruta, and Zanthoxylum species.
Subspecies
- Papilio andraemon andraemon (Florida, Cuba, Jamaica)
- Papilio andraemon bonhotei Sharpe, 1900 (Bahamas)
- Papilio andraemon tailori Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Cayman Islands)
Further reading
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 24, figure 10
- F. Martin Brown and Bernard Heineman, Jamaica and its Butterflies (E. W. Classey, London 1972), plate VIII
See also
External links
- Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book (1985) IUCN pdf
- Nearctica
- Butterfly Corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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