Papilio hectorides

Papilio hectorides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. hectorides
Binomial name
Papilio hectorides Esper, 1794
Synonyms
Papilio argentus Martyn, 1797 Papilio torquatinus Esper, 1799 Papilio pandrosus Godart, 1819 Papilio lysithous Godart, 1819 Menelaides chirodamas Hübner, [1825] Papilio mezentius Doubleday, 1844 Papilio torquatinus ab. melania Oberthür, 1879 Papilio hectorides f. catamelas Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio hectorides agordus Fruhstorfer, 1915 Papilio hectorides lysirte Fruhstorfer, 1915

Papilio hectorides is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil.^[1]

It is common and not threatened.^[2] Larvae feed on Piperaceae.^[3]

Ecozone

This species is located in the neotropical ecozone.

References

1. Papilio at Funet
2. Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf
3. Sérgio A. Vanin, Clécio S. Ramos, Elsie F. Guimarães & Massuo J. Kato, 2008 Insect feeding preferences on Piperaceae species observed in São Paulo city, Brazil Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 52(1): 72-77, março 2008 pdf

• Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 1(female),figure 2(male)

External links

• ARKive