Papilio warscewiczii is a Neotropical species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.Papilio at Funet
Habitat
Montane forest in the Bolivian Yungas ecoregion. The larval food plant is not recorded .Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. (Accessed: 18 Aug.2010)
Subspecies Papilio warscewiczii warscewiczii (south-eastern Peru, Bolivia) Papilio warscewiczii mercedes Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (eastern Peru) Papilio warscewiczii jelskii Oberthür, 1881 (south-eastern Ecuador, north-western Peru)
Taxonomy Papilio warscewiczii is a member of the homerus species group. The members of this clade are Papilio cacicus Lucas, 1852 Papilio euterpinus Salvin & Godman, 1868 Papilio garamas (Geyer, ) Papilio homerus Fabricius, 1793 Papilio menatius (Hübner, ) Papilio warscewiczii Hopffer, 1865 and the enigmatic Papilio judicael known only from a handful of specimens and either a valid species from the Andean region, or a hybrid P. menatius × P. warscewiczii.
Papilio warscewiczii is in the subgenus Pterourus Scopoli, 1777 which also includes the species groups: troilus species group, glaucus species group, the zagreus species group and the scamander species group.
Etymology Named for the collector Józef Warszewicz
References
Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World Page 25, figure 15 (underside).
External links Butterflies of America images of types Images of syntype in Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.
Butterflies and Moths of North America