Papilio thersites information

Papilio thersites
	Papilio thersites in Seitz (9a)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. thersites
Binomial name
	Papilio thersites; Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
	Papilio palamedes Fabricius, 1775 (preocc. Drury, 1773); Papilio acamas Fabricius, 1793; Heraclides thersites;

Papilio thersites, the Thersites swallowtail or false Androgeus swallowtail, is a Neotropical butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. P. thersites F. (9 a) is similar to the well known P. lycophron Hbn. In the male the yellow band on the forewing is very broad and the cell-spot very large. In the female the forewing has a curved yellow band. — Jamaica. The larvae are like that of P. lycophron.^[1] ^[2]

^ Karl Jordan Papilionidae in Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Vol. 5: Sect. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die Großschmetterlinge des amerikanischen Faunengebietes, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart 1907 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906). A revision of the American Papilios. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 411-752. online (and as pdf) (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967).

[1] Karl Jordan Papilionidae in Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Vol. 5: Sect. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die Großschmetterlinge des amerikanischen Faunengebietes, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart 1907 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906). A revision of the American Papilios. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 411-752. online (and as pdf) (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967).

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Papilio thersites

Papilio thersites in Seitz (9a)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. thersites
Binomial name
*Papilio thersites* Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
Papilio palamedes Fabricius, 1775 (preocc. Drury, 1773) Papilio acamas Fabricius, 1793 Heraclides thersites