Papilio pilumnus, the three-tailed tiger swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Texas, Mexico and Guatemala.[1]
Three-tailed tiger swallowtail | |
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Papilio pilumnus in Guanajuato, Mexico | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Papilio |
Species: | P. pilumnus
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Binomial name | |
Papilio pilumnus Boisduval, 1836
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Synonyms | |
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The larvae feed on the leaves of Litsea species.
References
edit- ^ Papilio pilumnus at Funet
External links
edit- Butterflycorner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien