Papilio torquatus

Torquatus swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. torquatus
Binomial name
Papilio torquatus Cramer, 1777
Synonyms
Heraclides torquatus Troilildes torquatus Princeps caudius Hübner, [1809] Papilio patros Gray, [1853] Papilio tolmides Godman & Salvin, [1890] Papilio tolus Godman & Salvin, [1890] Papilio trojanus Boisduval, 1836 Papilio orchamus Boisduval, 1836 (preocc. Cramer, 1777)

Papilio torquatus, the torquatus swallowtail, is a swallowtail butterfly in the subfamily Papilioninae. It is found from northern Argentina to Mexico.

The wingspan is 75–80 millimetres (3.0–3.1 in). Adults strongly resemble Papilio garleppi.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Citrus species. Full-grown larvae are mottled in dull tones of brown, greenish-yellow and whitish. It resembles a bird dropping.

Subspecies

• P. t. torquatus (Venezuela, Guianas to Brazil (Amazonas), Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
• P. t. mazai Beutelspacher, 1977 (Mexico, El Salvador)
• P. t. tolmides Godman & Salvin, 1890 (Panama, Costa Rica)
• P. t. tolus Godman & Salvin, 1890 (Mexico, Guatemala)
• P. t. leptalea Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (western Ecuador)
• P. t. polybius Swainson, 1823 (Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso), Paraguay, Argentina)
• P. t. jeani (Brown & Lamas, 1994) (Colombia, western Venezuela)

References

• Lewis, H.L., (1974) Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 12 (male), figure 13 (female).

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.
• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• Learn About Butterflies
• Butterflies of Sangay National Park