Papilio warscewiczii

Papilio warscewiczii is a Neotropical species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.^[1]

Papilio warscewiczii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. warscewiczii
Binomial name
Papilio warscewiczii Hopffer, 1866
Synonyms
Papilio soratensis Salvin & Godman, 1868 Papilio jelskii Oberthür, 1881

Habitat

Moist rainforest in Madidi National Park, Bolivia

Montane forest in the Bolivian Yungas ecoregion. The larval food plant is not recorded .^[2]

Subspecies

• Papilio warscewiczii warscewiczii (south-eastern Peru, Bolivia)
• Papilio warscewiczii mercedes Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (eastern Peru)
• Papilio warscewiczii jelskii Oberthür, 1881 (south-eastern Ecuador, north-western Peru)

Taxonomy

Papilio warscewiczii is a member of the homerus species group. The members of this clade are

• Papilio cacicus Lucas, 1852
• Papilio euterpinus Salvin & Godman, 1868
• Papilio garamas (Geyer, [1829])
• Papilio homerus Fabricius, 1793
• Papilio menatius (Hübner, [1819])
• Papilio warscewiczii Hopffer, 1865

and the enigmatic Papilio judicael known only from a handful of specimens and either a valid species from the Andean region, or a hybrid P. menatius × P. warscewiczii.

Papilio warscewiczii is in the subgenus Pterourus Scopoli, 1777 which also includes the species groups: troilus species group, glaucus species group, the zagreus species group and the scamander species group.

Etymology

Named for the collector Józef Warszewicz