Papilio torquatus

Papilio torquatus, the torquatus swallowtail, is a swallowtail butterfly in the subfamily Papilioninae. It is found from northern Argentina to Mexico.

Torquatus swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Papilio
Species:
P. torquatus
Binomial name
Papilio torquatus
Cramer, 1777
Synonyms
  • Heraclides torquatus
  • Troilildes torquatus
  • Princeps caudius Hübner, [1809]
  • Papilio patros Gray, [1853]
  • Papilio tolmides Godman & Salvin, [1890]
  • Papilio tolus Godman & Salvin, [1890]
  • Papilio trojanus Boisduval, 1836
  • Papilio orchamus Boisduval, 1836 (preocc. Cramer, 1777)

The wingspan is 75–80 millimetres (3.0–3.1 in). Adults strongly resemble Papilio garleppi.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Citrus species. Full-grown larvae are mottled in dull tones of brown, greenish-yellow and whitish. It resembles a bird dropping.

Subspecies
  • P. t. torquatus (Venezuela, Guianas to Brazil (Amazonas), Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
  • P. t. mazai Beutelspacher, 1977 (Mexico, El Salvador)
  • P. t. tolmides Godman & Salvin, 1890 (Panama, Costa Rica)
  • P. t. tolus Godman & Salvin, 1890 (Mexico, Guatemala)
  • P. t. leptalea Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (western Ecuador)
  • P. t. polybius Swainson, 1823 (Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso), Paraguay, Argentina)
  • P. t. jeani (Brown & Lamas, 1994) (Colombia, western Venezuela)

References
  • Lewis, H.L., (1974) Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 12 (male), figure 13 (female).


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