Papilio xanthopleura

Species of butterfly

Papilio xanthopleura

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Papilionidae
Genus:  | Papilio
Species:  |

P. xanthopleura

Binomial name
Papilio xanthopleura

Godman & Salvin, 1868

Synonyms

* Papilio xanthopleura var. diaphora Staudinger, 1891

Papilio xanthopleura is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Peru and Brazil.[1]

## Description[edit]

Sides of the abdomen yellow; under surface of the hindwing, without discal band, the red submarginal spots large. The female in two forms: female -f. xanthopleura is similar to the male, while female-f. diaphora Stgr. has a large pale yellow area on the upperside of the forewing.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Papilio at Funet
2. ^ Jordan, K., in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

* Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 16.

## External links[edit]

* Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 - via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q7132976
* Wikispecies: Papilio xanthopleura
* BioLib: 400404
* CoL: 4CKS2
* EoL: 130859
* GBIF: 1937987
* iNaturalist: 1079878
* IRMNG: 11198404
* LepIndex: 169735

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