Papilio tydeus

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Papilio tydeus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. tydeus
Binomial name
Papilio tydeus
C. & R. Felder, 1860

Papilio tydeus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in the Moluccas [1] (Batchian and Gilolo). [2]

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Description

Differentiated from all the forms of P. aegeus by the large ochre-yellow submarginal spots of the hindwing, which are distally truncate or emarginate and proximally are produced along the veins into bracket-like projections. Male always with subapical oblique band of white spots; the band of the hindwing narrow, not touching the cell, the 1. patch prolonged almost to the base. The female appears only in the tenarides-form: forewing lighter in the centre; hindwing from the base to the disc yellowish white, at the proximal side of a broad discal band of large, black, connected patches ochre-yellow; the base of the costal margin beneath broadly black. Only on the Northern Moluccas. —tydeus Fldr. flies on Morty, Halmaheira, Ternate and Batjan. Male: the spot placed behind the subcostal fork on the forewing shorter than its distance from the cell. the cell-spot of the forewing beneath reaches the base of the lower median; at the innerside of the 1. black discal spot of the hindwing beneath is placed a thin, often very diffuse, yellowish transverse spot. — obiensis Rothsch., from Obi. Male: the subapical band of the forewing broader than in tydeus, the 4. spot longer than its distance from the cell. both wings more extended light; the cell spot of the forewing beneath extends to beyond the base of the 2. median; the transverse spot placed at the innerside of the 1. black discal spot of the hindwing beneath is produced basad along the subcostal.Karl Jordan in Seitz. [3]

Status

Common and not threatened.

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Papilio tydeus is a member of the aegeus species-group. The clade members are

See also

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References

  1. Papilio at Funet
  2. "Transactions of the Linnean Society". 25. London. 1866.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .