Papilio caiguanabus
| Poey's black swallowtail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. caiguanabus |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio caiguanabus (Poey, 1851) | |
Papilio caiguanabus, the Poey's black swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Cuba.
Description
P. caiguanabus has a peculiar appearance owing to the absence of the yellow discal bands and the enlargement of the submarginal spots.[1]
Ecozone
References
- ↑ Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Papilio caiguanabus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
- 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.
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 24, figure 16 (female).
External links
- Butterflycorner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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