Papilio aristor

Scarce Haitian swallowtail
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. aristor
Binomial name
Papilio aristor Godart, 1819 [2]

Papilio aristor, the scarce Haitian swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

Papilio aristor and other Papilionidae in Novitates Zoologicae

Description

Forewing with two rows of yellow spots; the discal row curved, not extending to the hindmargin, the outer row complete; hindwing with a row of yellow spots. Underside of the forewing with a yellow spot in the cell. ^{[3] [4]}

Seitz

P. aristor Godt. (8d). From Haiti; the only known specimen (Godart's name-type, which was in the Paris Museum, seems to have been destroyed) is in the large collection of Mons. Charles Oberthur; found near Port au Prince. Forewing with two rows of yellow spots; the discal row curved, not extending to the hindmargin, the outer row complete; hindwing with a row of yellow spots. Underside of the forewing with a yellow spot in the cell.Karl Jordan. ^[5]

Biology

It is known to inhabit xeric areas of lowland country in the Dominican Republic, and probably in Haiti also. as a member of the thoas species-group P. aristor is likely to feed on Rutaceae, Piperaceae or Umbelliferae.Adult are known to be on the wing in July.

Taxonomy

Papilio aristor is a member of the Papilio thoas species group.

References

1. Puttick, A.; Nuñez, R. (2020). "Papilio aristor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T15982A798819. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T15982A798819.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Godart, J., 1819 [1824] Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824]) : 60 pdf
3. Albert Schwartz The Butterflies of Hispaniola University Press of Florida ISBN-10 0813009022ISBN-13 978-0813009025
4. Rothschild, W. & Jordan, K. 1906 A revision of the American Papilios Novitates Zoologicae 13 (3): 411-752, pl. 4-9
5. Jordan, K. (1907). "Papilionidae". In Seitz, A. (ed.). 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. The Macrolepidoptera of the World. pp. 1–45. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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