Papilio erskinei

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Papilio erskinei
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Ventral surface of the wings on the left, dorsal surface on the right
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. erskinei
Binomial name
Papilio erskinei
Mathew, 1886

Papilio erskinei is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found on Ugi Island. [1]

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In Seitz it is described (as a species) "P. erskinei Math. Male: forewing more rounded than in the two preceding species [ Papilio woodfordi , Papilio ptolychus ] above with a row of spots from the costal to the hindmargin, all the spots separated with the exception of the last three, beneath with four large, separated subapical spots. The band of the forewing touches the apex of the cell and is as broad in the middle as the black marginal area; the red anal spot large; beneath a complete row of red submarginal spots. — Ugi; only 1 male known (in coll. Godman, now in the British Museum).Karl Jordan in Seitz. [2]

Taxonomy

Formerly ranked as a subspecies of Papilio bridgei . This was revised by Tennent, W.J. (1999). [3]

Papilio erskinei is a member of the aegeus species-group. The clade members are

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References

  1. ↑ Papilio at Funet
  2. ↑ Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. ↑ Tennent, W.J. 1999. Notes on some Solomon Islands Papilio Linnaeus, with descriptions of four new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo., N.F., 20 (2): 207-230.


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