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Papilio epycides Hewitson, [1864]

Имаго Papilio epycides

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Papilionidae → subfamily Papilioninae → tribe Papilionini → genus Papilio → species Papilio epycides

Species name(s)

Papilio epycides Hewitson, [1864] = Chilasa epycides. [85, PC]

The Lesser Mime.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Indo-Malayan.

Имаго Papilio epycides

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Chilasa epycides. [PC81].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Wingspan 60-75 mm. UP is dark brown, marked with silver-gray stripes and long spots. It mimics with Parantica aglea, but differs in having a yellow spot at tornus of HW which is not present in Parantica. [144].

Subspecies of Papilio epycides

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Alex Dumchus.

Text data: Dmitriy Pozhogin, Svetlana Shchavelina.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

Comments

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21.01.2015 18:16, Alex Dumchus

In Chilasa

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