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Papilio caiguanabus

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Genus
  
Higher classification
  
Papilio

Phylum
  
Family
  
Papilionidae

Scientific name
  
Papilio caiguanabus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Papilio hyppason, Papilio chiansiades, Papilio fuelleborni, Papilio plagiatus, Papilio himeros

Papilio caiguanabus, the Poey's black swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Cuba.

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Description

P. caiguanabus has a peculiar appearance owing to the absence of the yellow discal bands and the enlargement of the submarginal spots.

Ecozone

Neotropical ecozone.

References

Papilio caiguanabus Wikipedia