Papilio euterpinus is a species of Neotropical swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. euterpinus
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Description
editP. euterpinus Godm. & Salv. (12c). Tailless; markings of the upper surface yellowish red. The female similar to the male, is somewhat paler and larger. — From West Colombia to North Peru. The butterfly is an enlarged copy of the Pierid genus Pereute. The insect is usually considered as nearly allied to zagreus, but according to the structure and markings it belongs to the homerus-group near to cacicus. The butterfly is still very rare in collections. [2]
Taxonomy
editPapilio euterpinus is a member of the homerus species-group. The members of this clade are
- Papilio cacicus Lucas, 1852
- Papilio euterpinus Salvin & Godman, 1868
- Papilio garamas (Geyer, [1829])
- Papilio homerus Fabricius, 1793
- Papilio menatius (Hübner, [1819])
- Papilio warscewiczii Hopffer, 1865
Papilio euterpinus 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.
References
edit- ^ Papilio at Funet
- ^ Jordan, K., in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 24, figure 22
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