Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Papilionidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Battus | |
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Similar Battus belus, Battus madyes, Battus laodamas, Battus devilliersii, Battus ingenuus | ||
Battus crassus, the Crassus swallowtail, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae.
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Description
A very long-winged species. Forewing with white patches in and below the cell; hindwing with large white costal area, which in the male reaches to the base. In the subspecies lepidus Fldr. the white patches on the upper surface of the forewing are absent.
The black-brown larva (probably variable in its ground colour) has no spots. The thoracic hump of the pupa is very long and divided at the tip.
Food plants
The larvae feed on:
Subspecies
References
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