''Papilio maroni'' (also known as Maron's swallowtail) is a species of

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges ...

. It is native to

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...

. It is considered a subspecies of ''

Papilio chiansiades ''Papilio chiansiades'' is a swallowtail butterfly from the Papilioninae subfamily. It is found in the Neotropical realm (South America). Description On the upper surface of the forewing before the hindmargin a large yellowish white spot; on the ...

.''

Description

''Papilio maroni'' is a large butterfly. Their wing sizes range from 52 millimetres to 55 millimetres.

Distribution

''Papilio maroni'' is found only in

. There have been many records of the species living around St. Laurent, on the

Maroni river The Maroni or Marowijne (french: link=no, Maroni, nl, Marowijne, Sranan Tongo: ''Marwina-Liba'') is a river in South America that forms the border between French Guiana and Suriname. Course The Maroni runs through the Guianan moist forest ...

References

Lepidoptera of French Guiana Endemic fauna of French Guiana maroni Papilionidae of South America Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{papilionidae-stub