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Papilio agestor Gray, 1831

Имаго Papilio agestor

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Papilio agestor Gray, 1831 = Chilasa agestor = Papilio agestor agestorides Fruhstorfer, 1909. [9, 85, PC]

Tawny Mime.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:16221

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Indo-Malayan.

Имаго Papilio agestor

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Chilasa agestor. [PC81].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Wingspan 80-95 mm. This spesies mimics Parantica sita, but larger, UpH reddish brown, both wings marked with silver-gray in cell and spots around the cell. [144].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Persea kerzii. [144].

Subspecies of Papilio agestor

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 18:15, Alex Dumchus

In Chilasa

07.04.2012 21:42, Vasiliy Feoktistov

DescriptionParantica sita

04.03.2011 11:13, Vasiliy Feoktistov

View famous for its imitation of their poisonous and inedible butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Danainae): Parantica sita Kollar, 1844.
http://lepidoptera.ru/species/parantica-sita/

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