Papilio phestus

Papilio phestus
	Papilio phestus parkinsoni Honrath, 1886 Fig.1 Papilio parkinsoni var. minor Honrath, 1886 Figs.2,2a
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. phestus
Binomial name
	Papilio phestus; Guérin-Méneville, 1830
Synonyms
	Papilio parkinsoniHonrath, 1886; Papilio parkinsoni var. minorHonrath, 1886; Papilio parkinsoni var. minusculusRibbe, 1898;

Last updated July 15, 2024

Papilio phestus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found on Solomon Islands, New Britain, New Ireland, New Hanover Island, and Admiralty Island.^[1]

Description

The subcostal of the hindwing branches off from the cell at a greater distance from the base than in P. ambrax . Palpi black or with a little white scaling. Male: similar to P.ambrax , but the hind¬ wing beneath always with pure white discal spots and above always with a rather large red anal spot. Female:forewing as in the male without white marginal spots or these extremely small. The white area of the hind¬ wing smaller than in the ambrax female and purer white than in those specimens of ambrax in which the white area is reduced; the veins intersecting it always black. Larva similar to that of ambrax, but according to Ribbe’s figure the abdominal bands are interrupted above as in the western forms of polytes, and the longitudinal stripe is grey with blackish bordering.Karl Jordan in Seitz.^[2]

Biology

The larvae feed on Citrus species.

Subspecies

Papilio phestus phestus (New Ireland, New Hanover)
Papilio phestus parkinsoniHonrath, 1886 Male the white band of the hindwing above broad, beneath on the contrary the discal spots reduced in number and size.Female with large white patch on the forewing. (New Britain)
Papilio phestus reductusRothschild, 1915 (Admiralty Islands)
Papilio phestus minusculusRibbe, 1898 (Solomon Islands to New Georgia Group) Males from the Solomon Islands have usually the band on the hindwing narrower and also more deeply incised and the veins are mostly thinly but distinctly black.

Biogeographic realm

This species is located in the Australasian realm.

Taxonomy

Papilio phestus is a member of the polytes species-group. The clade members are

Papilio polytes Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio ambrax Boisduval, 1832
Papilio phestusGuérin-Méneville, 1830

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References

↑ Papilio at Funet
↑ Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Ebner, J.A. (1971). Some notes on the Papilionidae of Manus Island, New Guinea 1971 Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 1971 Volume 25 :73-80 Figure. notes on reductus Rothschild, 1915

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[1] Papilio at Funet

[2] Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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