Papilio ambrax

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Ambrax butterfly
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. ambrax
Binomial name
Papilio ambrax
Boisduval, 1832
Synonyms
  • Papilio orophanesBoisduval, 1836
  • Menelaides ambrax(Boisduval, 1832)
  • Papilio ambraciaWallace, 1865
  • Papilio dunaliMontrouzier, 1856
  • Papilio epirusWallace, 1865
  • Papilio egipiusMiskin, 1876

Papilio ambrax, the Ambrax butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Queensland, Australia, as well as the Aru Islands, Papua (Indonesia), and Papua New Guinea.

Contents

The wingspan is 90–100 mm (3.5–3.9 in).

The larvae feed on Citrus species, Clausena brevistyla , Limonia acidissima , Microcitrus garrawayae , Microcitrus inodora , Murraya koenigii , Zanthoxylum ailanthoides , Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum , Zanthoxylum nitidum , Zanthoxylum ovalifolium , and Morinda citrifolia .

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Papilio ambrax is a member of the polytes species group. The clade members are:

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