Papilio thersites

Papilio thersites
Papilio thersites in Seitz (9a)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. thersites
Binomial name
Papilio thersites Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
Papilio palamedesFabricius, 1775 (preocc. Drury, 1773) Papilio acamasFabricius, 1793 Heraclides thersites

Papilio thersites, the Thersites swallowtail or false Androgeus swallowtail, is a Neotropical butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. P. thersites F. (9 a) is similar to the well known P. lycophron Hbn. In the male the yellow band on the forewing is very broad and the cell-spot very large. In the female the forewing has a curved yellow band. — Jamaica. The larvae are like that of P. lycophron. ^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

Papilio thersites is a member of the Papilio thoas species group.

References

1. Karl Jordan Papilionidae in Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Vol. 5: Sect. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die Großschmetterlinge des amerikanischen Faunengebietes, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart 1907 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
2. Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906). A revision of the American Papilios. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 411-752. online (and as pdf) (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967).

• Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN   0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 11

External links

• Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN   978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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