Papilio menatius
| Papilio menatius | |
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| P. m. syndemis | |
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| P. m. lenaeus, at the National Museum in Prague | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Rhopalocera |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Tribe: | Papilionini |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. menatius |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio menatius (Hübner, [1819]) | |
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Papilio menatius is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family.
Description
Papilio menatius is a large butterfly with wingspan of about 95–110 millimetres (3.7–4.3 in). Uppersides of the wings are black with yellowish bands and yellowish submarginal lines of spots.
The subspecies P. m. menatius present in Guyana is black with white spots at the center of the forewings. On the hindwings there are a submarginal row of red lines and a line of spots partly red and partly white. Subspecies P. m. victorinus is treated as a species by some authors.
The larvae of P. m. victorinus feed on Persea americana. Adults feed on flower nectar of various plants, including Lantana and Impatiens species.
Distribution
This species can be found in southern North America and in most of South America (Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil and Peru).
Subspecies
- P. m. menatius (Surinam, French Guiana)
- P. m. cleotas Gray, 1832 (Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro) to Argentina)
- P. m. coelebs Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Peru)
- P. m. coroebus C. & R. Felder, 1861 (Colombia, Venezuela)
- P. m. ctesiades Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, São Paulo))
- P. m. eurotas C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Ecuador, Peru)
- P. m. laetitia Butler, 1872 (Costa Rica, Panama)
- P. m. lemoulti Rousseau-Decelle, 1933 (Venezuela)
- P. m. lenaeus Doubleday, 1846 (Bolivia, Peru)
- P. m. morelius Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (western Mexico)
- P. m. syndemis (Tyler, Brown & Wilson, 1994) (Colombia)
- P. m. victorinus Doubleday, 1844 (eastern Mexico to Nicaragua) - victorine swallowtail
- P. m. vulneratus Butler, 1872 (Costa Rica)
Taxonomy
Papilio menatius is a member of the homerus species group. The members of this clade are:
- Papilio cacicus Lucas, 1852
- Papilio euterpinus Salvin & Godman, 1868
- Papilio garamas (Geyer, [1829])
- Papilio homerus Fabricius, 1793
- Papilio menatius (Hübner, [1819])
- Papilio warscewiczii Hopffer, 1865
Papilio menatius is in the subgenus Pterourus Scopoli, 1777 which also includes the species groups: troilus species group, glaucus species group, the zagreus species group and the scamander species group.
References
- Funet
- Lepidoptera.pro
- Butterflies of America
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 24, figure 18 (ssp. cleotas):page 25 figure 14(ssp. victorinus).
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
- Butterflycorner
- Nearctica
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