Papilio fuscus

Canopus swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. fuscus
Binomial name
Papilio fuscus
Goeze, 1779
Synonyms
  • Papilio canopus sumbanus Rothschild, 1896
  • Papilio capaneus f. yorkeanus Fruhstorfer, 1899
  • Papilio yorkiana Fruhstorfer, 1900
  • Papilio fuscus offakus Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Papilio fuscus offakus Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Papilio fuscus dayacus Rothschild, 1908
  • Papilio oitylus Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Papilio pyrgoteles Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Papilio fuscus f. lamponiides Strand, 1916
  • Papilio cinereomaculatus Goeze, 1779
  • Papilio severus Cramer, [1780]
  • Papilio castaneus Goeze, 1779
  • Papilio fuscus f. madanus Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Papilio canopus Westwood, 1842
  • Papilio capaneus Westwood, 1843
  • Papilio vollenhovii C. & R. Felder, 1864
  • Papilio vollenhovii C. & R. Felder, 1865
  • Papilio pertinax Wallace, 1865
  • Papilio hypsicles Hewitson, 1868
  • Papilio indicatus Butler, 1876
  • Papilio cilix Godman & Salvin, 1879
  • Papilio beccarii Oberthür, 1879
  • Papilio beccarii Oberthür, 1880
  • Papilio thomsoni Butler, 1884
  • Papilio langeni Druce, 1888
  • Papilio xenophilus Mathew, 1886
  • Charus rotalita Swinhoe, 1893
  • Papilio septimius Staudinger, 1895
  • Papilio vollenhovii hypsiclides Rothschild, 1894
  • Papilio vollenhovii alorensis Rothschild, 1894
  • Papilio vollenhovii umbrosus Rothschild, 1894
  • Papilio hipponous lunifer Rothschild, 1894
  • Papilio canopus canopinus Rothschild, 1895
  • Papilio canopus tenimberensis Rothschild, 1896
  • Papilio canopus babberensis Fruhstorfer, 1903
  • Papilio xenophilus hasterti Ribbe, 1907

Papilio fuscus, the Canopus swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae, that is found on Timor, northern Australia, and New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 80 mm.

The larvae feed on Rutaceae species.

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Papilio fuscus is the nominate member of the fuscus species group. The members of this clade are:

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