Papilio warscewiczii
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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
Montane forest in the Bolivian Yungas ecoregion. The larval food plant 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
and the enigmatic Papilio judicael known only from a handful of specimens and either a valid species from the Andean region, or a hybrid P. menatius × P. warscewiczii.
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. [1] (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. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Butterflies and Moths of North America
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