''Papilio warscewiczii'' is a
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
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species
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of
swallowtail butterfly
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 large ...
from the
genus
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''
Papilio
''Papilio'' is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word ''papilio'' is Latin for butterfly.
It includes the common yellow swallowtail (''Papilio machaon''), ...
'' that is found in
Peru
, image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg
, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal
, national_motto = "Fi ...
,
Bolivia
, image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg
, flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center
, flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
and
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
.
Habitat
Montane forest in the
Bolivian Yungas ecoregion. The larval food plant is not recorded .
[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]
(Accessed: 18 Aug.2010)
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
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...
. The members of this Cladistics, 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
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
Named for the collector Józef Warszewicz
References
*Lewis, H. L., 1974 ''Butterflies of the World'' Page 25, figure 15 (underside).
External links
Butterflies of America images of typesGlobal Butterfly Information System
Images of Type (biology), syntype in Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.
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Butterflies and Moths of North America
Papilio, warscewiczii
Papilionidae of South America
Fauna of the Andes
Butterflies described in 1865
Taxa named by Carl Heinrich Hopffer
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