Papilio cacicus

Papilio cacicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Division:	Rhopalocera
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Tribe:	Papilionini
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. cacicus
Binomial name
Papilio cacicus Lucas, 1852
Synonyms
Pyrrhosticta cacicus (Lucas, 1852) Pterourus cacicus (Lucas, 1852) Papilio zaddachii Dewitz, 1877 Papilio apollinaris Oberthür, 1915

Papilio cacicus is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.

Habitat

Montane forest.Tingo Maria, Peru.

Papilio cacicus is an indicator species of primary mountain forest for instance in the Cordillera de la Costa montane forests in Venezuela and more generally in the Tropical Andes.

Subspecies

• Papilio cacicus cacicus (Colombia, Venezuela)
• Papilio cacicus nesrinae Koçak, 1983 (western Colombia)
• Papilio cacicus inca Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Peru)
• Papilio cacicus upanensis Talbot, 1929 (Ecuador)
• Papilio cacicus mendozaensis Bollino & Sala, 1994 (Peru)

Taxonomy

Papilio cacicus 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 cacicus 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

Neotropical ecozone

References

• Collins, N.M, and M.G. Morris. 1985. Threatened swallowtail butterflies of the world. The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland and Cambridge.[1]
• Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 24, figure 15 (underside).