Papilio paris Linnaeus, 1758
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 paris
Species name(s)
Papilio (Achillides) paris Linnaeus, 1758 = Papilio paris tissaphernes Fruhstorfer, 1909 = Princeps paris = Papilio (Achillides) paris = Papilio paris paris = Papilio tamilana Moore 1881 = Papilio prillwitzi Fruhstorfer, 1893 = Papilio paris neoparis Fruhstorfer, 1908 = Papilio paris chinensis Rothschild, 1895 = Papilio arjuna tenggerensis Fruhstorfer, 1893 = Papilio arjuna gedeensis Fruhstorfer, 1893 = Papilio paris splendorifer Fruhstorfer, 1907 = Papilio paris majestatis Fruhstorfer, 1907 = Achillides paris wittmanni Schäffler, 2004 = Papilio paris tissaphernes Fruhstorfer, 1907. [9, 85, 187]
Paris Peacock.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 1.
Zoogeographical regions
Indo-Malayan.
Detailed information with references
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 95-110 mm. Male UP is black with metallic green dusting, FW with a series of shining green postdiscal spots at dorsum and faded down in the middle of the wing, HW with a large and brilliant green discal patch in spaces 4-6 not entering the cell, a red tornal spot with black-centered. Female is larger UpF postdiscal band is lighter. [144].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Evodia lepta, Evodia roxburghiana, Toddalia asiatica, Zanthoxylum limonella. [144].
Subspecies of Papilio paris
- Papilio paris arjuna Horsfield, 1828. [85]
- P. p. battacorum Rothschild, 1908. [85]
- P. p. chinensis Rothschild, 1895. [85]
- P. p. gedeensis Fruhstorfer, 1893. [85]
- P. p. hermosanus Rebel, 1906. [85]
- P. p. majestatis Fruhstorfer, 1907. [85]
- P. p. nakaharai Shirozu, 1960. [85]
- P. p. neoparis Fruhstorfer, 1908. [9]
- P. p. paris Linnaeus, 1758. [85]
- P. p. splendorifer Fruhstorfer, 1909. [85]
- P. p. tamilana Moore, 1881. [85]
- P. p. tenggerensis Fruhstorfer, 1893. [85]
- P. p. tissaphernes Fruhstorfer, 1907. [85]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Eugene Karolinskiy, Aleksandr Andrianov. 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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