Papilio thersites

Thersites Swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. thersites
Binomial name
	Papilio thersites; Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
	Papilio palamedes Fabricius, 1775 (preocc. Drury, 1773); Papilio acamas Fabricius, 1793; Heraclides thersites;

The Thersites swallowtail or false Androgeus swallowtail (Papilio thersites) is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Jamaica.

Ecozone

Neotropical ecozone

References

Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 11

External links

Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf

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