• Source: Papilio manlius

Papilio manlius is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Mauritius.




Description


The discal band of the forewing in both sexes only composed of three spots (in cellules 3, 4 and in the cell); that of the hindwing short, only covering the base of cellules 2 and 3 and there obliquely cut off; both wings above with blue submarginal spots; the forewing of the has, however, only very few of these. Mauritius.




Taxonomy


Papilio manlius belongs to an Afrotropical clade called the nireus species group with 15 members. The pattern is black with green bands and spots and the butterflies, although called swallowtails lack tails with the exception of Papilio charopus and Papilio hornimani. The clade members are:

Papilio aristophontes Oberthür, 1897
Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio charopus Westwood, 1843
Papilio chitondensis de Sousa & Fernandes, 1966
Papilio chrapkowskii Suffert, 1904
Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
Papilio desmondi van Someren, 1939
Papilio hornimani Distant, 1879
Papilio interjectana Vane-Wright, 1995
Papilio manlius Fabricius, 1798
Papilio microps Storace, 1951
Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Papilio thuraui Karsch, 1900
Papilio ufipa Carcasson, 1961
Papilio wilsoni Rothschild, 1926




References



Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.




Sources


Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Papilio manlius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T15997A5346633. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15997A5346633.en.




External links


Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
ARKive Papilio manlius

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Papilio manlius
• Papilio
• Druryia
• Papilio wilsoni
• Papilio chrapkowskoides
• Papilio desmondi
• Papilio aristophontes
• Papilio microps
• Torquatus
• Papilio interjectana