General information:
Papilio Florella Fabricius, 1775: 479. Type locality: Sierra Leone Type: Syntypes: 1 ![]()
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Synonyms, misspellings, wrong determinations, etc.: The following list follows Savela (2015). Papilio gnoma Fabricius, 1775: 828. Type locality: India [probably Sri Lanka]. Subspecies. |
Habit:
Description of adults: Examined: 1 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Distribution:
The species is distributed throughout Africa south of the Saharan desert, on the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Islands, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius and from Egypt and Israel to India and China (Tolman & Lewington 1998, D´Abrera 1982). Its occurance in Indo-China and Thailand however, is doubtful (D´Abrera 1982). On Sri Lanka, the Andamans and the Nicobares, ssp. gnoma is present.
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Biology:
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Picture from: wikimedia commons: rachidH (CC BY NC 2.0) Detailed view |
Picture from: wikimedia commons: rachidH (CC BY-NC 2.0) Detailed view |
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Stages in development:
Larva. The larva feeds on various species of Senna (formerly placed in Cassia), among them S. occidentalis, S. floribunda, S. petersiana, S. arachoides, S. odorata, S. corymbosa and S. aschrek (Savela 2015). |
Diagnosis:
Catopsilia pyranthe (Linné, 1758) has a distinctly broader and darker margin along apex and outer margin of the forewing upperside, which is accompanied by a short, submarginal dark band from apex to middle of wing in ![]() |
Worth knowing:
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Sources:
D´Abrera B. 1982. Butterflies of the Oriental region, part I, Hill House, High View Road, Ferny Creek, Victoria, Australia, 244 pp. Fabricius, J. C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae: In Officina Libraria Kortii, 832 pp. Kristensen, N. P. & O. Karsholt 2007. Lists of primary types of Lepidoptera in the ZMUC collections. http://www.zmuc.dk/EntoWeb/collections-databaser/Lepidoptera/Lepidoptera-index.htm [online 04 March 2015]. Savela, M. 2015. Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Papilio Linnaeus, 1758. - available at: http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio/index.html [online 04 March 2015]. Tolman T. & R. Lewington (1998): Die Tagfalter Europas und Nordwestafrikas, übersetzt von M. Nuß, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. |
Publication data:
history: Kurz Michael: 2014.05.21 Kurz Michael: 2015.03.04 |
not reviewed |
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