Papilio garleppi

Papilio garleppi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. garleppi
Binomial name
Papilio garleppi
Staudinger, 1892

Papilio garleppi is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.

Description

Male similar to Papilio torquatus, but the yellow band broader and the marginal tooth of the first median of the hind wing longer; 2 or 3 small spots composed of yellowish and bluish scales placed before the red anal spot of the hindwing; on the underside the posterior discal spot placed at the second median is very small and bluish. The anal tergite is long and slender; harpe produced into a long point and furnished with a long pointed process at the ventral margin. [1]

Ecozone

Neotropical ecozone

Etyomology

Named for the professional collector Gustav Garlepp.

Sources

  1. Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45

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