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Papilio rogeri

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Pink-spotted swallowtail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. rogeri
Binomial name
Papilio rogeri
Boisduval, 1836
Synonyms
  • Heraclides rogeri
  • Papilio pharnaces Doubleday, 1846
  • Papilio phanostratus Godman & Salvin, [1890]
  • Papilio polycharmus Godman & Salvin, [1890]
  • Priamides pharnaces
  • Heraclides pharnaces

Papilio rogeri, the pink-spotted swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in central and southern Mexico. One stray has been reported from the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas, United States.

Description

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Forewing lighter in color from the apex of the cell outwards, the dark basal area rounded distally; hindwing with suggestion of a small tail; some red spots on the disc, in two separate rows, in the male the proximal spots very small, usually only indicated; in the female all the spots larger than in the male.[1]

The wingspan is 84–95 mm.

Biology

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Adults are on wing from February to October in Mexico and in April in southern Texas.

The larvae feed on Rutaceae species. Adults feed on flower nectar.

Subspecies

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  • Papilio rogeri rogeri – (Mexico)
  • Papilio rogeri pharnaces Doubleday, 1846 – (Mexico) More or less distinctly tailed, hindwing with two separated rows of red spots, the proximal spots in the male often very small.

References

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  1. ^ Jordan, K.; in Seitz, A. (1907). The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45
  • Lewis, H.L. (1974). Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 10 (ssp.pharnaces
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