Description
Subfamily Papilioninae
Swallowtails are members of the Family Papilionidae. They comprise about 560 species, have a worldwide distribution, and are richest in the tropics. Many are brilliantly colored and are favorites of butterfly enthusiasts. Many species, especially those in the tropics, mimic other butterflies that are distasteful, while others are distasteful and cause birds and other vertebrate predators to regurgitate. Adults are medium to large, may or may not have tails, and have three pairs of walking legs . Adults of all species visit flowers for nectar. Males of most species patrol for mates, while males of one group (Black, Old World, Anise, and Indra Swallowtails) perch on hilltops or ridges instead of patrolling . Swallowtails lay globular eggs and overwinter as pupae. Some species spend more than one year in the pupal stage, likely to survive drought years when little caterpillar food is available. In arid areas, the Black, Anise, and Indra Swallowtails often display this strategy.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Arthropods
- Class:
Insecta
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- Insects
- Order:
Lepidoptera
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- Butterflies and Moths
- Family:
Papilionoidea
()
- Subfamily:
Papilioninae
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- Swallowtails
- Genus:
Atrophaneura
()
- Specific name:
priapus
- (Boisduval, 1836)
- Scientific name: - Atrophaneura priapus (Boisduval, 1836)
- Specific name:
priapus
- (Boisduval, 1836)
- Genus:
Atrophaneura
(
- Subfamily:
Papilioninae
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- Family:
Papilionoidea
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
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- Class:
Insecta
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Atrophaneura
There are approximately 25 species in this genus:
A. aidoneus · A. alcinous · A. alcinous alcinous · A. alcinous bradanus · A. aristolochiae asteris · A. atropos · A. coon · A. dixoni · A. hageni · A. horishanus · A. jophon · A. kuehni · A. luchti · A. nox · A. nox erbus · A. palu (Palu Swallowtail) · A. polydorus · A. polydorus queenslandicus · A. polyphontes · A. priapus · A. schadenbergi · A. semperi · A. sycorax · A. varuna · A. zaleucus
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- GloBIS (GART)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5959042
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Gar-364
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 800109
