| Canopus swallowtail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. fuscus |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779 | |
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Papilio fuscus, the Canopus swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae, that is found on Timor, northern Australia, and New Guinea.
The wingspan is about 80 mm.
The larvae feed on Rutaceae species.
Papilio fuscus is the nominate member of the fuscus species group. The members of this clade are:
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