Torquatus swallowtail

Papilio torquatus

The torquatus swallowtail is a swallowtail butterfly in the subfamily Papilioninae. It is found from northern Argentina to Mexico. The wingspan is 75–80 millimetres. Adults strongly resemble "Papilio garleppi".
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Naming

*"Papilio torquatus torquatus", Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
⤷ "Papilio torquatus mazai" Beutelspacher, 1977
⤷ "Papilio torquatus tolmides" Godman & Salvin, 1890
⤷ "Papilio torquatus tolus" Godman & Salvin, 1890
⤷ "Papilio torquatus leptalea" Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
⤷ "Papilio torquatus polybius" Swainson, 1823, Paraguay, Argentina)
⤷ "Papilio torquatus jeani"
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Food

The larvae feed on the leaves of "Citrus" species. Full-grown larvae are mottled in dull tones of brown, greenish-yellow and whitish. It resembles a bird dropping.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPapilionidae
GenusPapilio
SpeciesP. torquatus
Photographed in
Costa Rica
Peru