Papilio 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]}

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

Taxonomy

Papilio thersites is a member of the Papilio thoas species group.