Papilio grosesmithi
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Papilio grosesmithi is a butterfly from the family of the knightly butterflies (Papilionidae), which can only be found in Madagascar .
features
The moths reach a wingspan of 90 to 100 millimeters. The forewings are black and are heavily pollinated with yellow scales in the basal region . In the submarginal region there is a series of yellow spots from the apex to the inner edge, the spots of which become steadily larger towards the inner edge. In addition, after the upper third of the wing, seen from the outer edge, there is another row, much larger, yellow and elliptical spots through the post- disk region to the disk region and finally to the inner edge. On the rest of the wing there are a few yellow spots of different sizes. The hind wings are also black. The strongly serrated outer edge has a tail extension. There are several medium-sized, yellow moonspots between the submarginal region and the post-fiscal region. The yellow, large, elliptical spots from the forewings merge on the hind wing to form a band which becomes increasingly thinner towards the inner edge and includes a brown eye with a little blue color at the front edge. Another eye is in the anal angle. This is black, red, and blue. The basal region and the area between the moonspot and the bandage are heavily dusted with yellow scales.
The underside of the forewings is very similar to the upper side. All spots are much more pronounced. The underside of the hind wings is also very similar to the upper side, but all features are more pronounced. The underside is no longer pollinated and the region around the body is marked by a yellow area through which, like the rest of the wing, black veins drill. There are numerous spots between the bandage and moonspots that are yellow, blue, and black.
There are no gender differences in the wing pattern, both have the same wing markings and the same body, which is black with yellow stripes.
Similar species
Occurrence and distribution
Papilio grosesmithi is endemic to western Madagascar and occurs there in deciduous forests.
Danger
Papilio grosesmithi is considered threatened on the Red List of Endangered Species . (Status: 2008)
swell
Individual evidence
literature
- NM Collins and Michael Morris: Threatened swallowtail butterflies of the world - the IUCN red data book. 401 S., Gland et al. a., IUCN 1985 ISBN 2-88032-603-6
Web link
- Papilio grosesmithi inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Gimenez Dixon, M., 1996. Retrieved February 25, 2014.