Papilio himeros

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| image = Oberthur 1879EtudEnt4Plate 4.jpg

| status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Grice, H. |author2=Marini-Filho, O. |author3=Freitas, A.V.L. |author4=Rosa, A. |author5=Dias, F.M.S. |author6=Mega, N. |date=2019 |title=Papilio himeros |volume=2019 |page=e.T15991A145165665 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T15991A145165665.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Papilio himeros

| authority = Hopffer, 1866

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Papilio himeros is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Argentina and Brazil.

Description

Both wings with yellow band (which is broader in the male than in the female); tail with yellow apical spot; submarginal spots of the hindwing in the male yellow, in the female red except the 2 anterior ones.Jordan, K., in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45{{PD-notice}}

Similar species

Biogeographic realm

Taxonomy

Papilio himeros is a member of the species group torquatus

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