Papilio (Pterourus) scamander

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Papilioninae
Tribus: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Subgenus: Papilio (Pterourus)
Species: Papilio (Pterourus) scamander
Subspecies: P. (P.) s. grayi – P. (P.) s. joergenseni – P. (P.) s. scamander
Name

Papilio (Pterourus) scamander Boisduval, 1836

Type locality: Brazil.
Synonyms

Papilio eurymander Hopffer, 1865
Papilio scamander eurymander f. arlequina Rousseau-Decelle, 1943, TL: Brazil,Rio Grande do Sul.

References

Lamas, G., 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea

Papilio scamander, the Scamander swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found from eastern and south-eastern Brazil south into Argentina.

The wingspan is about 110 mm.
Subspecies

Papilio scamander scamander (Brazil)
Papilio scamander joergenseni Röber, 1925 (Bolivia, north-western Argentina)
Papilio scamander grayi Boisduval, 1836 (Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Minas Gerais, São Paulo))