Papilio astyalus
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| Mounted specimen on display at Museo di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi, Bergamo | |
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| Species: | P. astyalus
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| Papilio astyalus Godart, 1819
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Papilio astyalus, the broad-banded swallowtail or Astyalus swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found from Mexico south to Argentina. It is occasionally reported from southern Texas and rare strays can be found up to southern Arizona and northern Texas.
The wingspan is 117–120 mm. Adults are on wing from April to October. There are probably two generations per year.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Citrus trees. Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers, including Lantana species.
Subspecies
- P. a. astyalus (Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Parana), Argentina, Paraguay)
- P. a. pallas Gray, [1853] (Texas, Mexico, Costa Rica)
- P. a. bajaensis Brown & Faulkner, 1992 (Mexico (Baja California Sur))
- P. a. hippomedon (C. & R. Felder, 1859) (Colombia, Venezuela)
- P. a. phanias Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Goias)
- P. a. anchicayaensis Constantino, Le Crom & Salazar, 2002 (Colombia)
Biogeographic realm
References
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 6
External links
- 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.
- nearctica.com
- Butterflycorner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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