Papilio fuscus

Canopus Swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. fuscus
Binomial name
Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779
Synonyms
Papilio canopus sumbanus Rothschild, 1896 Papilio capaneus f. yorkeanus Fruhstorfer, 1899 Papilio yorkiana Fruhstorfer, 1900 Papilio fuscus offakus Fruhstorfer, 1904 Papilio fuscus offakus Fruhstorfer, 1904 Papilio fuscus dayacus Rothschild, 1908 Papilio oitylus Fruhstorfer, 1916 Papilio pyrgoteles Fruhstorfer, 1916 Papilio fuscus f. lamponiides Strand, 1916 Papilio cinereomaculatus Goeze, 1779 Papilio severus Cramer, [1780] Papilio castaneus Goeze, 1779 Papilio fuscus f. madanus Fruhstorfer, 1904 Papilio canopus Westwood, 1842 Papilio capaneus Westwood, 1843 Papilio vollenhovii C. & R. Felder, 1864 Papilio vollenhovii C. & R. Felder, 1865 Papilio pertinax Wallace, 1865 Papilio hypsicles Hewitson, 1868 Papilio indicatus Butler, 1876 Papilio cilix Godman & Salvin, 1879 Papilio beccarii Oberthür, 1879 Papilio beccarii Oberthür, 1880 Papilio thomsoni Butler, 1884 Papilio langeni Druce, 1888 Papilio xenophilus Mathew, 1886 Charus rotalita Swinhoe, 1893 Papilio septimius Staudinger, 1895 Papilio vollenhovii hypsiclides Rothschild, 1894 Papilio vollenhovii alorensis Rothschild, 1894 Papilio vollenhovii umbrosus Rothschild, 1894 Papilio hipponous lunifer Rothschild, 1894 Papilio canopus canopinus Rothschild, 1895 Papilio canopus tenimberensis Rothschild, 1896 Papilio canopus babberensis Fruhstorfer, 1903 Papilio xenophilus hasterti Ribbe, 1907

The Canopus Swallowtail (Papilio fuscus) is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae, that is found on Timor, Northern Australia, and New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 80 mm.

The larvae feed on Rutaceae species.

Subspecies

• Papilio fuscus fuscus (Buru, Ambon, Serang)
• Papilio fuscus alorensis Rothschild, 1894 (Alor)
• Papilio fuscus beccarii Oberthür, 1880 (western Irian, north-western New Guinea)
• Papilio fuscus canopinus Rothschild, 1895 (Romang, Leti Islands)
• Papilio fuscus canopus Westwood, 1842 (north-western Australia, Northern Territory)
• Papilio fuscus capaneus Westwood, 1843 (Cape York to northern New South Wales)
• Papilio fuscus cilix Godman & Salvin, 1879 (New Hanover, New Ireland)
• Papilio fuscus croton Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Damar)
• Papilio fuscus hasterti Ribbe, 1907 (Bougainville, Choiseul)
• Papilio fuscus hypsicles Hewitson, 1868 (New Hebrides)
• Papilio fuscus hypsiclides Rothschild, 1894 (Wetar)
• Papilio fuscus indicatus Butler, 1876 (southern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux, Woodlark, Lousiades, Torres Straits Islands)
• Papilio fuscus lamponius Fruhstorfer, 1904 (New Britain)
• Papilio fuscus lapathus Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Bachan)
• Papilio fuscus lunifer Rothschild, 1895 (Talaud, Sangie Islands)
• Papilio fuscus metagenes Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Tukangbesi: Binongko)
• Papilio fuscus minor Oberthür, 1879 (northern Sulawesi, Sangihe)
• Papilio fuscus ombiranus Rothschild, 1898 (Obi)
• Papilio fuscus pertinax Wallace, 1865 (Sulawesi, Tukangbesi, Salaya, Sula Islands)
• Papilio fuscus porrothenus Jordan, 1909 (Tanadjampea, Kalao, south-western Sulawesi)
• Papilio fuscus rotalita (Swinhoe, 1893) (Aru, Key)
• Papilio fuscus talyabona Joicey & Talbot, 1932 (Sula)
• Papilio fuscus tenimberensis Rothschild, 1896 (Tanimbar, Babar)
• Papilio fuscus thomsoni Butler, 1884 (Kai Islands)
• Papilio fuscus umbrosus Rothschild, 1894 (Sambawa)
• Papilio fuscus vollenhovii C. & R. Felder, 1865 (Timor)
• Papilio fuscus wasiensis Hanafusa, 1991 (Tukangbesi: Wangiwangi)
• Papilio fuscus xenophilus Mathew, 1886 (Guadalcanal, Santa Isabel, New Georgia Group)

Taxonomy

Papilio fuscus is the nominate member of the fuscus species-group. The members of this clade are

• Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865
• Papilio antonio Hewitson, [1875]
• Papilio diophantus Grose-Smith, 1883
• Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779
• Papilio hipponous C. & R. Felder, 1862
• Papilio jordani Fruhstorfer, 1906
• Papilio noblei de Nicéville, [1889]
• Papilio pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887]
• Papilio prexaspes C. & R. Felder, 1865
• Papilio sakontala Hewitson, 1864

External links

• Australian Caterpillars
• CSIRO - insect names