Papilio caiguanabus
(Redirected from Poey's Black Swallowtail)
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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. caiguanabus
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| Papilio caiguanabus (Poey, 1851)
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Papilio caiguanabus, the Poey's black swallowtail, is a species of Neotropical butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Cuba.
Description
[edit]P. caiguanabus has a peculiar appearance owing to the absence of the yellow discal bands and the enlargement of the submarginal spots.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Puttick, A.; Nuñez, R. (2018). "Papilio caiguanabus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T15984A110606481. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T15984A110606481.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Jordan, K., in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45
- Calhoun, J. 2018. Papilio (Heraclides) caiguanabus Poey (Papilionidae): a new U.S. record from the Florida Keys, with notes on its name and food plant News of the Lepidopterists' Society 60:84-87 [1]
- 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 16 (female).
External links
[edit]- Butterflycorner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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