Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Koningspage
Common Names in English:
Scarce Swallowtail
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.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,595 meters (0 to 8,514 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Arthropods
- Class:
Insecta
()
- Insects
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Butterflies and Moths
- Family:
Papilionoidea
()
- Subfamily:
Papilioninae
()
- Swallowtails
- Tribe:
Leptocircini
()
- Genus:
Iphiclides
()
- Duponchel, 1832
- Specific name:
podalirius
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
podalirius
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus:
Iphiclides
(
- Tribe:
Leptocircini
(
- Subfamily:
Papilioninae
(
- Family:
Papilionoidea
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Papilio podalirius var. decemlineatus Eimer, 1889
- Papilio podalirius var. nigrescens Eimer, 1889
- Papilio podalirius var. novemlineatus Eimer, 1889
- Papilio podalirius var. smyrnensis Eimer, 1889
- Papilio podalirius var. undecimlineatus Eimer, 1889
- Papilio virgatus Butler, 1865
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 18-Oct-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Iphiclides
There are approximately 87 species in this genus:
I. aleramica · I. atava · I. brassicae · I. caeca · I. caecigena · I. caecus · I. centralasiae · I. chungianus · I. coecigenus · I. coecus · I. cohaerens · I. confluens · I. coretas · I. creta · I. decemlineati · I. decolorata · I. destrigata · I. diluta · I. dissiunctus · I. dissociatus · I. divisus · I. elongata · I. estrigata · I. europaeus · I. favillomaculata · I. feisthamelides · I. feisthamelii · I. flaccidus · I. flammaeus · I. flavolineata · I. galenus · I. heterotaeniatus · I. inalpina · I. interjecta · I. intermedia · I. interruptus · I. isnardi · I. latteri · I. leechi · I. lucifer · I. lugens · I. maura · I. melanosticta · I. miegii · I. minor · I. minuslineata · I. nebulosomaculatus · I. nigrescens · I. nigromaculata · I. nigromaculatus · I. nigrovenata · I. nonlunulata · I. notha · I. novemlineati · I. obsoleta · I. obsoletus · I. ornata · I. ornatissima · I. pallidistriga · I. partitus · I. persica · I. plenissima · I. podalirinus · I. podalirius (Scarce Swallowtail) · I. podalirius feisthamelii · I. podalirius podalirius (Scarce Swallowtail) · I. primularis · I. privatus · I. pseudopersica · I. pseudozanclaeus · I. punctatus · I. puslineata · I. reductus · I. schultzii · I. semistrigata · I. sinon · I. smyrnensis · I. spoliatus · I. superlineata · I. undecimlineatus · I. unipunctatus · I. valesiaca · I. velebiticus · I. verna · I. virgatus · I. zanclaeides · I. zanclaeus
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Further Reading
- A hand-book to the order Lepidoptera. By W.F. Kirby London, E. Lloyd, limited, 1896-1897. ENG url p. 228, p. 275.
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- ENG url p. 138.
- Frail children of the air; excursions into the world of butterflies, by Samuel Hubbard Scudder. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1897. ENG url p. 247, p. 278.
- Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge. Philadelphia: The Society ENG url p. 31, p. 48.
- The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. [s.l., s.n.] ENG url p. 185, p. 252, p. 278, p. 284, p. 312, p. 35.
- The Entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1877- ENG url p. 2, p. 219, p. 279.
- The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada: with special reference to New England / By Samuel Hubbard Scudder. Cambridge: The author, 1889. ENG url p. 925.
- The ontogeny of insects; [papers]. London, Academic Press[1960] ENG url p. 298.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 30, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
- Global Butterfly Information System4, 0.14, 2006.
- GloBIS (GART)
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 30, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Haus der Natur Salzburg, Haus der Natur Salzburg
- Nicolaus Copernicus University of Torun, The Distribution Atlas of Butterflies in Poland
- University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, Lepidopterological Society of Finland
- University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2975462
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Gar-107
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14374962
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 632293
Footnotes
- Mean = 639.600 meters (2,098.425 feet), Standard Deviation = 507.390 based on 1,499 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
