Papilio andraemon

Papilio andraemon
Papilio andraemon andraemon, Jamaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. andraemon
Binomial name
Papilio andraemon (Hübner, [1823])
Synonyms
Heraclides andraemon Hübner, [1823]

The Bahaman swallowtail (Papilio andraemon) is a swallowtail butterfly of the Papilionae subfamily. It is found on the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. It is a rare stray or temporary colonist of the Florida Keys or the mainland near Miami.

The wingspan is 96–102 millimetres (3.8–4.0 in). Adults are on wing from April to October (December in Jamaica) in three generations per year.

The larvae feed on various species in the Rutaceae family, including Citrus, Ruta, and Zanthoxylum species.

Subspecies

• Papilio andraemon andraemon (Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac (Cayman Islands))
• Papilio andraemon bonhotei Sharpe, 1900 (Bahamas)
• Papilio andraemon tailori Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands)

Further reading

• Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 24, figure 10
• F. Martin Brown and Bernard Heineman, Jamaica and its Butterflies (E. W. Classey, London 1972), plate VIII
• R. R. Askew and P. A. van B. Stafford, Butterflies of the Cayman Islands (Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2008) ISBN 978-87-88757-85-9, pp. 110-113

See also

• List of butterflies of Jamaica

External links

• Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book (1985) IUCN pdf
• Nearctica
• Butterfly Corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien