Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Papilionidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Papilio | |
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Similar Papilio hyppason, Papilio caiguanabus, Papilio chiansiades, Papilio fuelleborni, Papilio plagiatus | ||
Mariposa cola de gonlondrina papilio pelaus puertoricensis puerto rican swallowtail
Papilio pelaus, the prickly ash swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Jamaica, Hispaniola, Cuba and Puerto Rico.
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Description
With spatulate tail. Sexes similar, but the markings in the female somewhat enlarged and on the hindwing more numerous than in the male. Black, forewing with oblique white band from the costa to the anal angle: hindwing with complete (female) or incomplete (male) row of pale red submarginal spots: beneath there are usually also small discal spots present, which sometimes in the female also occur above.
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Ecozone
This species is located in the Neotropical ecozone.
References
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