Papilio antonio

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Papilio antonio
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Live specimen
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Hewitson's original figure in Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. antonio
Binomial name
Papilio antonio
Hewitson, 1875

Papilio antonio is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

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The wingspan is 90–110 mm.Forewing above at the hindmargin with triangular white area, which forms the continuation of a large white area of the hindwing; both areas also present beneath. The hindwing beneath with a continuous row of pale yellow submarginal spots, the posterior spots more ochreous. The female quite similar to the male, the white areas somewhat larger. [1] Very similar to Papilio noblei .

Subspecies

There are two recognised subspecies:

Taxonomy

Papilio antonio is a member of the noblei species-group; closely related to the demolion species group. The members of this clade are

Further reading

References

  1. Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .