Papilio thaiwanus, the Formosan swallowtail, is a butterfly in the swallowtail family.[1][2] It is endemic to Taiwan.[1]
Formosan swallowtail | |
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Pinned specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Papilio |
Species: | P. thaiwanus
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Binomial name | |
Papilio thaiwanus Rothschild, 1898
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The larva feeds on Toddalia asiatica, Zanthoxylum ailanthoides, and Cinnamomum camphora.
References
edit- ^ a b Yu-Feng Hsu (n.d.). K. T. Shao (ed.). "Papilio thaiwanus Rothschild, 1898". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
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: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ IRMNG (2018). "Papilio thaiwanus Rothschild, 1898". Retrieved 30 October 2019.