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Papilio arcturus Westwood, 1842

Самец Papilio arcturus

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 arcturus

Species name(s)

Papilio (Achillides) arcturus Westwood, 1842 = Achillides arcturus = Princeps arcturus = Papilio (Achillides) arcturus = Papilio arcturus arcturus = Papilio arcturus privatus Röber, 1927 = Papilio arcturus arcturulus Fruhstorfer , 1901. [9, 85, 187, PC]

Blue Peacock.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Indo-Malayan, Australian.

Самец Papilio arcturus

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Achillides arcturus. [PC81].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Wingspan 95-110 mm. UpH is similar to P. paris but HW diascal patch is more blue, entered the cell, covering base of spaces 4, 5 and 6, extending to conjoin with submarginal spots in spaces 6 and 7, tornal spot red with a black spot in the centre and with two submarginal red spots in spaces 4 and 5. Male UpF lacks of androconial streaks. Female is larger and green postdiscal band is more prominent than in the male. [144].

Subspecies of Papilio arcturus

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Dmitriy Pozhogin.

Text data: Dmitriy Pozhogin, Svetlana Shchavelina.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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