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Papilio cacicus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Scientific name
  
Papilio cacicus

Division
  
Rhopalocera

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Papilionidae

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Papilio euterpinus, Papilio warscewiczii, Papilio chiansiades, Papilio hyppason, Papilio caiguanabus

Papilio cacicus is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.

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Habitat

Papilio cacicus is an indicator species of primary mountain forest for instance in the Cordillera de la Costa montane forests in Venezuela and more generally in the Tropical Andes.

Subspecies

  • Papilio cacicus cacicus (Colombia, Venezuela)
  • Papilio cacicus nesrinae Koçak, 1983 (western Colombia)
  • Papilio cacicus inca Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Peru)
  • Papilio cacicus upanensis Talbot, 1929 (Ecuador)
  • Papilio cacicus mendozaensis Bollino & Sala, 1994 (Peru)

    • Taxonomy

    Papilio cacicus 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 cacicus 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.

    Ecozone

    Neotropical ecozone

    References

    Papilio cacicus Wikipedia
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