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Papilio euterpinus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Papilionidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Papilio

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Similar
  
Papilio warscewiczii, Papilio chiansiades, Papilio cacicus, Papilio hyppason, Papilio plagiatus

Papilio euterpinus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

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Taxonomy

Papilio euterpinus 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 euterpinus 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

    This species is located in the neotropical ecozone.

    References

    Papilio euterpinus Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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