Papilio cacicus
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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. cacicus
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| Papilio cacicus H. Lucas, 1852
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Papilio cacicus is a Neotropical butterfly of the family Papilionidae first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1852. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.
Description
[edit]P. cacicus. Forewing with interrupted discal band, a variable cell-spot, rarely absent, a row of bluish grey postdiscal spots and a row of yellowish white submarginal ones, the last or the last few of the submarginal spots more or less orange: on the hindwing a yellowish white median band, a postdiscal row of blue spots and a submarginal row of yellowish white ones. The female occurs in 3 forms. Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and East Peru. — cacicus Luc. (12c). male: the cell-spot of the forewing, if present, more or less transverse. The 3 forms of the female are: female-f cacicus Luc., similar to the male; female f. zaddachi Dewitz, discal band of the forewing not interrupted and like the large cell-spot brownish orange, hindwing without discal band on the upper surface: female-f. nais R. & J. like female-f. zaddachi, but the markings of the forewing white. Mérida in Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. — inca R. & J. The cell-spot of the forewing much more oblique than in the preceding subspecies, forming with the median vein an acute angle; discal band of the hindwing convex distally, posteriorly strongly narrowed; the tail narrow, non-spatulate. Chanchamayo.[1]
Subspecies
[edit]- Papilio cacicus cacicus (Colombia, Venezuela)
- Papilio cacicus nesrinae Koçak, 1983 (western Colombia)
- Papilio cacicus inca Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Peru)
- Papilio cacicus upanensis Talbot, 1929 (Ecuador)
- Papilio cacicus mendozaensis Bollino & Sala, 1994 (Peru)
Habitat
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Papilio cacicus is an indicator species of primary mountain forest for instance in the Cordillera de la Costa montane forests in Venezuela and more generally in the tropical Andes.
Taxonomy
[edit]Papilio cacicus is a member of the homerus species group. The members of this clade are
- Papilio cacicus H. Lucas, 1852
- Papilio euterpinus Salvin & Godman, 1868
- Papilio garamas (Geyer, [1829])
- Papilio homerus Fabricius, 1793
- Papilio menatius (Hübner, [1819])
- Papilio warscewiczii Hopffer, 1865
Papilio cacicus 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]- ^ 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.
Sources
[edit]- Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 24, figure 15 (underside).
External links
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