Papilio himeros
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| Species: | P. himeros
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| Papilio himeros Hopffer, 1866
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Papilio himeros is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Argentina and Brazil.
Description
Both wings with yellow band (which is broader in the male than in the female); tail with yellow apical spot; submarginal spots of the hindwing in the male yellow, in the female red except the 2 anterior ones.[1]
Similar species
Ecozone
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 himeros. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
External links
- Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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