''Papilio isidorus'' is a

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of the family

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(swallowtails). The species was first described by Henry Doubleday in 1846. It is found in

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and South America.

Description

Forewing on the under surface either without white cell spot, or the spot small, not extending transversely across the cell. Hindwing posteriorly shorter than in '' P. chiansiades'', the tail short, narrow: the last submarginal spot more distal than the large spot placed before it. The harpe of the male not dentate. Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45 The

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is about 80 mm. The larvae feed on ''

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'' and ''

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'' species.

Subspecies

*''Papilio isidorus isidorus'' (Bolivia, Peru) The white patch on the under surface of the forewing usually enters the cell and is often also indicated above; the red spots of the hindwing on the whole larger than in red-spotted specimens of ''P. i. flavescens'', the two spots placed between the 2. radial and 2. median separated also on the upper surface - forma ''P. i. chironis'' R. and J forewing above with two white spots between the 2. radial and 2. median and a small cell spot; the spots beneath much larger, the spot between the 8. radial and 1. median the largest. *''Papilio isidorus rhodostictus'' Butler & H. Druce, 1874 (Costa Rica, Panama) *''Papilio isidorus flavescens'' Oberthür, 1879 (Colombia, Ecuador) The white spots on the underside of the forewing reduced. The spot between the 2. and H. radial of the hindwing usually white above or beneath or on both sides. *''Papilio isidorus brises'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Colombia) Forewing above without spots, beneath with two or three spots, but without cell spot. *''Papilio isidorus nymphius'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Colombia) *''Papilio isidorus pacificus'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Colombia, western Ecuador) *''Papilio isidorus autana'' (Racheli & Racheli, 1995) (Venezuela) *''Papilio isidorus tingo'' (Racheli & Racheli, 1995) (Peru)

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Butterflies of Sangay National Park
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Papilionidae of South America Butterflies described in 1846 {{Papilionidae-stub