Papilio scamander

Papilio scamander

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Tribe:	Papilionini
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. scamander
Binomial name
*Papilio scamander* Boisduval, 1836
Synonyms
Pyrrhosticta scamander Pterourus scamander Papilio eurymander Hopffer, 1865 Papilio stewarti Avinoff, 1926 Papilio argentinus Nosswitz, 1927 Papilio argentinus Schreiter, 1930 Papilio dechaufouri Zikán, 1938

Papilio scamander, the Scamander swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found from eastern and south-eastern Brazil south into Argentina.

The wingspan is about 110 mm.

Subspecies

Papilio scamander scamander (Brazil)
Papilio scamander joergenseni Röber, 1925 (Bolivia, north-western Argentina)
Papilio scamander grayi Boisduval, 1836 (Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Minas Gerais, São Paulo))

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