Papilio warscewiczii

Papilio warscewiczii is a Neotropical species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.[1]

Papilio warscewiczii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Papilio
Species:
P. warscewiczii
Binomial name
Papilio warscewiczii
Hopffer, 1866
Synonyms
  • Papilio soratensis Salvin & Godman, 1868
  • Papilio jelskii Oberthür, 1881

Habitat
Moist rainforest in Madidi National Park, Bolivia

Montane forest in the Bolivian Yungas ecoregion. The larval food plant is not recorded .[2]

Subspecies
  • Papilio warscewiczii warscewiczii (south-eastern Peru, Bolivia)
  • Papilio warscewiczii mercedes Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (eastern Peru)
  • Papilio warscewiczii jelskii Oberthür, 1881 (south-eastern Ecuador, north-western Peru)

Taxonomy

Papilio warscewiczii is a member of the homerus species group. The members of this clade are

and the enigmatic Papilio judicael known only from a handful of specimens and either a valid species from the Andean region, or a hybrid P. menatius × P. warscewiczii.

Papilio warscewiczii is in the subgenus Pterourus Scopoli, 1777 which also includes the species groups: troilus species group, glaucus species group, the zagreus species group and the scamander species group.

Etymology

Named for the collector Józef Warszewicz

References
  1. Papilio at Funet
  2. Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. (Accessed: 18 Aug.2010)
  • Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 15 (underside).


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