Papilio antonio
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Papilio antonio is a butterfly in the family of the knightly butterflies (Papilionidae). Its distribution area is exclusively in the Philippines .
features
The moths reach a wingspan of 90 to 110 millimeters. The forewings are dark brown to black. In the lower fifth of the post-fiscal region there is a yellow, triangular area that becomes steadily wider towards the inner edge and continues on the hind wing. The hind wings are also dark brown to black and pollinated with numerous yellow scales . The yellow area is continued to the middle of the post-fiscal region and forms a triangle as a whole, which, however, is cut a little from the submarginal region . The outer edge of the hind wings is wavy and has a caudal extension. There is a yellow, indicated eye spot in the anal corner.
The underside of the forewings is very similar to the top. There is a yellow point above the yellow area in the post-disk region. Furthermore, all wires are highlighted yellow on the dark brown underside. The underside of the hind wings also closely resembles the upper side. Here, too, all veins are highlighted in yellow and the basal region is dusted with countless yellow scales. In the submarginal region , near the outer edge, there is a series of yellow and white misshapen spots that almost fuse into a bandage.
There are no gender differences in the wing pattern, both have the same wing markings and the same body, the top of which is black and the underside is dark brown.
Similar species
Subspecies
- Papilio antonio negrosiana ( Schröder & Treadaway, 1991 )
Danger
The species is not considered endangered but is not found very often in its range.
swell
literature
- N. Mark Collins, Michael G. Morris, and International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources: Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN, 1985, 401 pages, ISBN 2880326036
- William C. Hewitson: Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. Vol. 1, London, John Van Voorst, 1866 ( online in BHL , accessed December 2, 2013)
Footnotes
- ↑ a b c d butterflycorner.net: Papilio antonio , (accessed on March 5, 2009)