Papilio warscewiczii

Papilio warscewiczii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. warscewiczii
Binomial name
Papilio warscewiczii
Hopffer, 1866
Synonyms
  • Papilio soratensis Salvin & Godman, 1868
  • Papilio jelskii Oberthür, 1881

Papilio warscewiczii is a Neotropical species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.[1]

Habitat

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Moist rainforest in Madidi National Park, Bolivia

Montane forest in the Bolivian Yungas ecoregion. The larval food plant is not recorded .[2]

Subspecies

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  • 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

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Papilio warscewiczii is a member of the homerus species group. The members of this clade are

and the enigmatic Papilio judicael known only from a handful of specimens and either a valid species from the Andean region, or a hybrid P. menatius × P. warscewiczii.

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.

Etymology

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Named for the collector Józef Warszewicz

References

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  1. ^ Papilio at Funet
  2. ^ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. [1] (Accessed: 18 Aug.2010)
  • Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 15 (underside).
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