Papilio warscewiczii

Papilio warscewiczii is a Neotropical species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.

Habitat

Montane forest in the Bolivian Yungas ecoregion. The larval food plant is not recorded .

Subspecies

• Papilio warscewiczii warscewiczii (south-eastern Peru, Bolivia)
• Papilio warscewiczii mercedes <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1906</small> (eastern Peru)
• Papilio warscewiczii jelskii <small>Oberthür, 1881</small> (south-eastern Ecuador, north-western Peru)

Taxonomy

Papilio warscewiczii is a member of the homerus species group. The members of this clade are

• Papilio cacicus <small>Lucas, 1852</small>
• Papilio euterpinus <small>Salvin & Godman, 1868</small>
• Papilio garamas <small>(Geyer, [1829])</small>
• Papilio homerus <small>Fabricius, 1793</small>
• Papilio menatius <small>(Hübner, [1819])</small>
• Papilio warscewiczii <small>Hopffer, 1865</small>

and the enigmatic Papilio judicael known only from a handful of specimens and either a valid species from the Andean region, or a hybrid P. menatius × P. warscewiczii.

Papilio warscewiczii is in the subgenus Pterourus Scopoli, 1777 which also includes the species groups: troilus species group, glaucus species group, the zagreus species group and the scamander species group.

Etymology

Named for the collector Józef Warszewicz

References

• Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World Page 25, figure 15 (underside).

External links

• Butterflies of America images of types
• Global Butterfly Information System Images of syntype in Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.
• Butterflies and Moths of North America