Papilio troilus

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Animalia — Arthropoda

Classis : Insecta 
Ordo : Lepidoptera 
Familia : Papilionidae 
Genus : Papilio 
Species : P. troilus 

Papilio troilus 
Linnaeus  

Subdivisiones: Subspecies

*P. troilus troilus

• P. troilus ilioneus

Territorium

Ultimum instar ante pupationem.

Larva.

Quartum instar imitationem larvalem ostendit.

Papilio troilus est communis species lepidopterorum generis Papilionis, in America Septentrionali endemica.^[1] Speciei sunt duae subspecies, Papilio troilus troilus et Papilio troilus ilioneus, quarum hic in paeninsula Floridiana plerumque reperitur.^[2]

Oecologia

Plantae hostae huius speciei plerumque sunt Lindera benzoin et Sassafras albidum.^[3] Aliae sunt Zanthoxylum,^[4] Liriodendron tulipifera, Magnolia virginiana, Cinnamomum camphora, et Persea borbonia.

Notae

1. "Simply Butterflies," https://web.archive.org/web/20161119080138/http://www.simplybutterflies.com/Backyard_Butterflies.html
2. Hall, Donald; Butler, Jerry (Aug 2007). "Spicebush Swallowtail," Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. PDF.
3. Klots, Alexander. A Field Guide to Butterflies. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964.
4. Attributes of Papilio Troilus, butterfliesandmoths.org.

Nexus externi

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Papilionem troilum spectant.

Vide "Papilio (Pterourus) troilus" apud Vicispecies.

• "Butterflies and Moths of North America from The Big Sky Institute at Montana State University and NBII Mountain Prairie Information Node." butterfliesandmoths.org.
• Gerber, Michael. Photographema. flickr.com.
• Imagines papilionum troilus adultorum Americae Septentrionalis. North American Butterfly Association, naba.org.
• Insecta civitatum Civitatum Foederatarum. netstate.com.
• Papilio troilus. "Featured Creatured," Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. entomology.ifas.ufl.edu.
• Papilio troilus. Lepidoptera Canadae. cbif.gc.ca.
• "Spicebush swallowtails." BugGuide, bugguide.net.