Papilio hectorides

Papilio hectorides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. hectorides
Binomial name
Papilio hectorides
Esper, 1794
Synonyms
  • Papilio argentus Martyn, 1797
  • Papilio torquatinus Esper, 1799
  • Papilio pandrosus Godart, 1819
  • Papilio lysithous Godart, 1819
  • Menelaides chirodamas Hübner, [1825]
  • Papilio mezentius Doubleday, 1844
  • Papilio torquatinus ab. melania Oberthür, 1879
  • Papilio hectorides f. catamelas Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
  • Papilio hectorides agordus Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Papilio hectorides lysirte Fruhstorfer, 1915

Papilio hectorides is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil.[1]

It is common and not threatened.[2] Larvae feed on Piperaceae.[3]

Ecozone

This species is located in the neotropical ecozone.

References

  1. ↑ Papilio at Funet
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Sérgio A. Vanin, Clécio S. Ramos, Elsie F. Guimarães & Massuo J. Kato, 2008 Insect feeding preferences on Piperaceae species observed in São Paulo city, Brazil Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 52(1): 72-77, março 2008 pdf


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