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Papilio warscewiczii

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Papilionidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Papilio

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Similar
  
Papilio euterpinus, Papilio cacicus, Papilio pelodurus, Papilio xanthopleura, Papilio hellanichus

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

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Habitat

Montane forest in the Bolivian Yungas ecoregion. The larval food plant is not recorded .

Subspecies

  • Papilio warscewiczii warscewiczii (south-eastern Peru, Bolivia)
  • Papilio warscewiczii mercedes Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (eastern Peru)
  • Papilio warscewiczii jelskii Oberthür, 1881 (south-eastern Ecuador, north-western Peru)

    • Taxonomy

    Papilio warscewiczii 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 warscewiczii 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 neotropic ecozone.

    Etymology

    Named for the collector Józef Warszewicz

    References

    Papilio warscewiczii Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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