Papilio warscewiczii

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;

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

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

Papilio cacicus Lucas, 1852
Papilio euterpinus Salvin & Godman, 1868
Papilio garamas (Geyer, [1829])
Papilio homerus Fabricius, 1793
Papilio menatius (Hübner, [1819])
Papilio warscewiczii Hopffer, 1865

and the enigmatic 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[]

^ Papilio at Funet
^ 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. [1] (Accessed: 18 Aug.2010)

Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 15 (underside).

External links[]

Butterflies of America images of types
Global Butterfly Information System Images of syntype in Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.
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.
Butterflies and Moths of North America

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[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. [1] (Accessed: 18 Aug.2010)

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