Papilio birchallii

Male: body black, claspers usually with pale yellow spot. Forewing above with 2 rows of spots before the margin; the anterior spots of the proximal row more or less indistinct; hindwing with broad discal band and a row of submarginal spots; the markings for the most part greenish; tooth of the 3. radial only a little more projecting than the other marginal teeth. Beneath the forewing has a cell-spot, an oblique row of discal spots and a row of submarginal spots abbreviated anteriorly; on the hindwing is a discal and a submarginal row of red spots, the middle discal spots small, the last one large and yellowish

white. In the female the markings of the upperside are more bluish and the discal band of the hindwing is very broad.Jordan, K., in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45{{PD-notice}}Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World {{ISBN|0-245-52097-X}} Page 24, figure 14.

The larvae feed on Hernandia didymanthera.

• Papilio birchallii birchallii (Colombia)
• Papilio birchallii bryki Strand, 1930 (Panama, Costa Rica)

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birchallii

Category:Butterflies described in 1863

Category:Papilionidae of South America

Category:Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson

Category:Lepidoptera of Colombia

Category:Lepidoptera of Panama

Category:Lepidoptera of Costa Rica

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