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Papilio pelaus

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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.

Subspecies

  • Papilio pelaus pelaus (Jamaica)
  • Papilio pelaus imerius Godart, 1819 (Hispaniola) the band of the forewing is narrower anteriorly, on the other hand its last spot is on the whole broader than in the nominate and the spots on the hindwing are smaller.
  • Papilio pelaus atkinsi Bates, 1935 (Cuba)
  • Papilio pelaus puertoricoensis (Möhn, 1999) (Puerto Rico)

    • Ecozone

    This species is located in the Neotropical ecozone.

    References

    Papilio pelaus Wikipedia
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