Papilio lamarchei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]
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]
Papilio lamarchei is a member of the species group torquatus.