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Papilio scamander

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Papilionidae

Scientific name
  
Papilio scamander

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Tribe
  
Papilionini

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Papilio hyppason, Papilio chiansiades, Papilio xanthopleura, Papilio euterpinus, Papilio phestus

Papilio scamander, the Scamander swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found from eastern and south-eastern Brazil south into Argentina.

The wingspan is about 110 mm.

Subspecies

  • Papilio scamander scamander (Brazil)
  • Papilio scamander joergenseni Röber, 1925 (Bolivia, north-western Argentina)
  • Papilio scamander grayi Boisduval, 1836 (Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Minas Gerais, São Paulo))

    • References

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