Papilio hoppo

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| name = Papilio hoppo

| image = Papilio hoppo.jpg

| taxon = Papilio hoppo

| authority = Matsumura, 1907

| synonyms = Papilio hopponis Matsumura, 1907

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Papilio hoppo is a species of swallowtail butterfly.[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio/index.html Papilio at Funet] It is found only in Taiwan.

Description

The imago has a wingspan of between 75 and 85 mm[1]. On the obverse, the wings are black and dotted with green scales. The forewings have a faint green band, the hindwings are extended by tails and bear blue macules, pink lunulae and pink ocelli in the anal part. On the reverse side the wings are dark grey, the forewings are partly light grey while the hindwings have two rows of pink lunulae. The body is black and sprinkled with green scales on top.

Biology

The larvae feed on Citrus species.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the species group paris

References

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{{cite web |url=http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw/eng/taibnet_species_detail.php?name_code=347291&tree=y |title=Papilio hopponis Matsumura, 1907 |author=Yu-Feng Hsu |editor=K. T. Shao |year=n.d. |work=Catalogue of life in Taiwan |publisher=Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan |accessdate=30 October 2019}}

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Other sources

Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach, 1998 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: Papilio, Subgenus Achillides, Bhutanitis, Teinopalpus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach. Keltern : Goecke & Evers; Canterbury : Hillside Books {{ISBN|9783931374624}} plate 3, figure 4

External links

[https://insecta.pro/taxonomy/16234] Images from Insecta pro

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Category:Butterflies of Taiwan

Category:Endemic fauna of Taiwan

Category:Butterflies described in 1907

Category:Taxa named by Shōnen Matsumura