Papilio torquatus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Papilionidae Scientific name Papilio torquatus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Papilio Rank Species

Similar Papilio garleppi, Papilio isidorus, Papilio chiansiades, Papilio hyppason, Papilio erostratus

Papilio torquatus, the torquatus swallowtail, is a swallowtail butterfly in the subfamily Papilioninae. It is found from northern Argentina to Mexico.

Papilio torquatus Papilio torquatus atzukoae pinned specimens

The wingspan is 75–80 millimetres (3.0–3.1 in). Adults strongly resemble Papilio garleppi.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Citrus species. Full-grown larvae are mottled in dull tones of brown, greenish-yellow and whitish. It resembles a bird dropping.

Papilio torquatus Papilio torquatus mazai pinned specimens

Subspecies

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P. t. torquatus (Venezuela, Guianas to Brazil (Amazonas), Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)

P. t. mazai Beutelspacher, 1977 (Mexico, El Salvador)

P. t. tolmides Godman & Salvin, 1890 (Panama, Costa Rica)

P. t. tolus Godman & Salvin, 1890 (Mexico, Guatemala)

P. t. leptalea Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (western Ecuador)

P. t. polybius Swainson, 1823 (Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso), Paraguay, Argentina)

P. t. jeani (Brown & Lamas, 1994) (Colombia, western Venezuela)

References

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