Papilio torquatus
Papilio torquatus, the torquatus swallowtail, is a swallowtail butterfly in the subfamily Papilioninae. It is found from northern Argentina to Mexico.
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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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Butterflies and Moths of North America
- Learn About Butterflies
- Butterflies of Sangay National Park
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