Papilio lamarchei
Species of butterfly
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Papilio lamarchei, the lamarche's swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found from Argentina to Bolivia.[1]
| Papilio lamarchei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. lamarchei |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio lamarchei Staudinger, 1892 | |
Description
The yellow band narrower than in Papilio himeros, forewing without yellow spot distally of the anterior angle of the cell; hindwing very strongly dentate, tail without yellow spot at the tip. Harpe short and rounded, whilst in himeros it is long and pointed.[2]
Taxonomy
Papilio lamarchei is a member of the species group torquatus.
