Papilio lamarchei

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Papilio lamarchei
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. lamarchei
Binomial name
Papilio lamarchei
Staudinger, 1892

Papilio lamarchei, the lamarche's swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found from Argentina to Bolivia. [1]

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Description

The yellow band narrower than in Papilio himeros , forewing without yellow spot distally of the anterior angle of the cell; hindwing very strongly dentate, tail without yellow spot at the tip. Harpe short and rounded, whilst in himeros it is long and pointed. [2]

Taxonomy

Papilio lamarchei is a member of the species group torquatus.

References

  1. Papilio at Funet
  2. Jordan, K., in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .