Papilio lampsacus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Papilionidae
- Genus
- Papilio
- Species
- Papilio lampsacus
- Scientific Name
- Papilio lampsacus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Papilio lampsacus
Papilio lampsacus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in west Java, Indonesia where it is only known from the localities of Mt. Gede and Mt Mas.In 1982 it was apparently rather scarce although said to be abundant on Mt Gede.
It is now very rare, and there are few recently confirmed sightings. The last sighting is a picture taken in March 2014.
P. lampsacus is a member of the species group: memnon Jordan describes it P. lampsacus Bdv. (26 b). Two longitudinal lines beneath at each side of the abdomen and a broad discal band on the hindwing, produced at the veins to the distal margin, white-yellow, the anal spot of the band and a narrow basal central streak on the under surface of the hindwing deeper yellow. The female paler than the male, with white-yellow basal patch on the upperside of the forewing. — Java: in the mountains, at 1500—4000 ft. elevation. A mimic of the Aristolochia Papilio P. priapus.
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Papilio acheron
- Papilio aegeus
- Papilio albinus
- Papilio alcmenor
- Papilio ambrax
- Papilio amynthor
- Papilio antonio
- Papilio ascalaphus
- Papilio bootes
- Papilio bridgei
- Papilio castor
- Papilio deiphobus
- Papilio demetrius
- Papilio demolion
- Papilio diophantus
- Papilio dravidarum
- Papilio duboisi
- Papilio euchenor
- Papilio forbesi
- Papilio fuscus
- Papilio gambrisius
- Papilio gigon
- Papilio godeffroyi
- Papilio helenus
- Papilio hipponous
- Papilio hystaspes
- Papilio inopinatus
- Papilio iswara
- Papilio iswaroides
- Papilio janaka
- Papilio jordani
- Papilio lampsacus
- Papilio liomedon
- Papilio lowii
- Papilio macilentus
- Papilio mayo
- Papilio memnon
- Papilio nephelus
- Papilio noblei
- Papilio oenomaus
- Papilio phestus
- Papilio pitmani
- Papilio polymnestor
- Papilio polytes
- Papilio prexaspes
- Papilio protenor
- Papilio rumanzovia
- Papilio sataspes
- Papilio schmeltzi
- Papilio thaiwanus
- Papilio tydeus
- Papilio weymeri
- Papilio woodfordi