Papilio thersites

Papilio thersites
Adult (top) and larva (bottom)
Scientific classification
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.

Papilio thersites is similar in appearance to Papilio astyalus . 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. The larvae are also similar to those of Papilio astyalus. ^{[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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