Papilio himeros

Papilio himeros is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Argentina and Brazil.

Papilio himeros
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. himeros
Binomial name
Papilio himeros Hopffer, 1866

Description

Both wings with yellow band (which is broader in the male than in the female); tail with yellow apical spot; submarginal spots of the hindwing in the male yellow, in the female red except the 2 anterior ones.^[2]

Similar species

Papilio lamarchei

Biogeographic realm

Neotropical realm

Taxonomy

Papilio himeros is a member of the species group torquatus