Papilio garleppi
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| Papilio garleppi Staudinger, 1892
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Papilio garleppi is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.
Description
Male similar to Papilio torquatus, but the yellow band broader and the marginal tooth of the first median of the hindwing longer; 2 or 3 small spots composed of yellowish and bluish scales placed before the red anal spot of the hindwing; on the underside the posterior discal spot placed at the second median is very small and bluish. The anal tergite is long and slender; harpe produced into a long point and furnished with a long pointed process at the ventral margin. [1]
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Etyomology
Named for the professional collector Gustav Garlepp.
Sources
- ^ Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Papilio garleppi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
External links
- Global Butterfly Information System Images of syntypes in Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.
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