Papilio torquatus

Torquatus swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. torquatus
Binomial name
Papilio torquatus Cramer, 1777
Synonyms
Heraclides torquatus Troilildes torquatus Princeps caudius Hübner, [1809] Papilio patros Gray, [1853] Papilio tolmides Godman & Salvin, [1890] Papilio tolus Godman & Salvin, [1890] Papilio trojanus Boisduval, 1836 Papilio orchamus Boisduval, 1836 (preocc. Cramer, 1777)

The torquatus swallowtail (Papilio torquatus) is a swallowtail butterfly in the subfamily Papilioninae. It is found from northern Argentina to Mexico.

The wingspan is 75–80 millimetres (3.0–3.1 in). Adults strongly resemble Papilio garleppi.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Citrus species. Full-grown larvae are mottled in dull tones of brown, greenish-yellow and whitish. It resembles a bird dropping.

Subspecies

• Papilio torquatus torquatus (Venezuela, Guianas to Brazil (Amazonas), Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
• Papilio torquatus mazai Beutelspacher, 1977 (Mexico, El Salvador)
• Papilio torquatus tolmides Godman & Salvin, 1890 (Panama, Costa Rica)
• Papilio torquatus tolus Godman & Salvin, 1890 (Mexico, Guatemala)
• Papilio torquatus leptalea Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (western Ecuador)
• Papilio torquatus polybius Swainson, 1823 (Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso), Paraguay, Argentina)
• Papilio torquatus jeani (Brown & Lamas, 1994) (Colombia, western Venezuela)

References

• Lewis, H.L., (1974) Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 12 (male), figure 13 (female).

External links

• Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf
• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• Learn About Butterflies
• Butterflies of Sangay National Park