| Papilio hectorides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. hectorides |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio hectorides Esper, 1794 | |
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Papilio hectorides is a species of Neotropical swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil. [1]
P. hectorides Esp. (= torquatinus Esp., pandrosus Godt., chirodamas Hon.) (11a). In the male the band is still narrower than in lamarchei . Hindwing with red spots on the disc. In the female the band is absent or is white: on the forewing it is curved anteriorly towards the costa and on the hindwing does not extend to the abdominal margin; the submarginal spots of the hindwing are red and narrow. The female occurs in three principal forms: female-f. hectorides Esp. (= mecentius Doubl., argentus Gray) (11a) has a white band on both wings: in female f. catamelas R.& J. the band is developed on the hindwing, but on the forewing merely indicated; in female-f. melania Oberth. it is slightly indicated on both wings or entirely absent. These forms occur together. — Larva on Citrus and Piperaceae, resting gregariously on the upperside of leaves. The butterfly is common. It is a swift flier, which is found especially at the edges of woods and in the neighbourhood of thickets. Brazil and Paraguay. [2]
It is common and not threatened. [3]
Larvae feed on Piperaceae. [4]
Papilio hectorides is a member of the species group torquatus
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