General information:
Papilio hector Linné, 1758: 459. |
Habit:
Description of adults: Wingspan: 88 - 120 mm (Bingham 1907).
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Distribution:
The species has been found in Bengal: Calcutta, Ohaudernagore, Orissa, Chittagong; the southern half of peninsular India; Ceylon (Bingham 1097)
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Biology:
The butterflies like to roost in company on twigs of some thorny shrub (Bingham 1907).
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Stages in development:
Description of early stages following Moore, cited by Bingham (1907): Larva. "Cylindrical, tapering slightly towards each end; rich dark purple-brown; with a subdorsal and two lateral rows of crimson fleshy cylindrical tubercles, the lowest row shortest, and an additional lateral tubercle on the third and fourth segments, a transverse row of four pinkish-white spots on the seventh and eighth segments; head and legs blackish." Pupa. "Head truncate in front; thorax dorsally conical and laterally rounded; wing-cases posteriorly rounded and dilated; abdominal segments with four subdorsal short foliaceous protaberances; colour pale violaceous-ochraecous." |
Worth knowing:
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Sources:
Bingham, C. T. 1907. Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies - Vol. II. Taylor & Francis, London, 480 pp., 20 pl. Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 i-ii + 1-824. |
Publication data:
history: Kurz Michael: 2018.07.25 |
not reviewed |
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