Papilio antonio | |
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Hewitson's original figure in Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Papilio |
Species: | P. antonio
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Binomial name | |
Papilio antonio
Hewitson, 1875
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Papilio antonio is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
The wingspan is 90–110 mm.Forewing above at the hindmargin with triangular white area, which forms the continuation of a large white area of the hindwing; both areas also present beneath. The hindwing beneath with a continuous row of pale yellow submarginal spots, the posterior spots more ochreous. The female quite similar to the male, the white areas somewhat larger. [1] Very similar to Papilio noblei.
There are two recognised subspecies:
Papilio antonio is a member of the noblei species-group; closely related to the demolion species group. The members of this clade are
Papilio antonio | |
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Live specimen | |
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Hewitson's original figure in Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Papilio |
Species: | P. antonio
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Binomial name | |
Papilio antonio
Hewitson, 1875
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Papilio antonio is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
The wingspan is 90–110 mm.Forewing above at the hindmargin with triangular white area, which forms the continuation of a large white area of the hindwing; both areas also present beneath. The hindwing beneath with a continuous row of pale yellow submarginal spots, the posterior spots more ochreous. The female quite similar to the male, the white areas somewhat larger. [1] Very similar to Papilio noblei.
There are two recognised subspecies:
Papilio antonio is a member of the noblei species-group; closely related to the demolion species group. The members of this clade are