Papilio palinurus Fabricius, 1787

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Papilionidae → subfamily Papilioninae → tribe Papilionini → genus Papilio → subgenus Achillides → species Papilio palinurus
Species name(s)
Papilio (Achillides) palinurus Fabricius, 1787 = Princeps palinurus = Papilio (Achillides) palinurus = Achillides palinurus = Papilio palinurus palinurus = Papilio palinurus nymphodorus Fruhstorfer, 1909 = Papilio palinurus adventus Fruhstorfer , 1903 = Papilio palinurus nikagoras Fruhstorfer, 1909 = Papilio palinurus auffenbergi Späth, 1992 = Papilio palinurus tubero Fruhstorfer, 1909. [9, 85, 187]
Emerald Swallowtail, The Banded Peacock.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Indo-Malayan.
Primary colors
Red, Green, Brown/Gray/Black.

Detailed information with references
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 80-90 mm. UP is black with shining green dusting, FW with a broad brilliant green patch from mid-costa, crossing end cell to apical two-thirds of FW dorsum and HW with a similar discal patch from mid-space 6 to dorsum just above the tornal spot , a pale yellowish-brown submarginal spot present in space 7 of HW in both sexes. Female has an additional submarginal spot in space 6. [144].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Micromelium minutum. [144].
Subspecies of Papilio palinurus
- Papilio palinurus adventus Fruhstorfer, 1902. [85]
- P. p. angustatus Staudinger, 1888. [85]
- P. p. auffenbergi Späth, 1992. [85]
- P. p. daedalus C. & R. Felder, 1861. [85]
- P. p. nikagoras Fruhstorfer,1909. [85]
- P. p. nymphodorus Fruhstorfer, 1909. [85]
- P. p. palinurus Fabricius, 1787. [85]
- P. p. vega Shimogori, 1993. [85]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Peter Khramov, Svetlana Lukienko. Text data: Svetlana Shchavelina.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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