The fore wings are dark-brown. The veins are black.
The underside of Papilio protenor is very similar to the upside.
The hind wings of Papilio protenor are black. The edge is wavy. The bigger part of the wing is spotted by whitish-blue scales. At the inner edge there is a red eye-spot. At the front edge there is a yellow stripe.
The underside is black. Four red spots dominate the wing.
The body (abdomen) is brown. The thorax and the head are also brown.
Sex differences: The basic colour of the female is brown. At the upside of the hind wings there are red spots. The female has more red-spots at the underside than the male.
Papilio protenor is a butterfly from the Australasia / Indomalaya (Australia) ecozone and Palaearctic (Asia) ecozone. You can observe this butterfly from the North of India until Japan.
This world map shows the ecozones in which this butterfly is distributed. |
Rutaceae:
- Citrus sp.
- Zanthoxylum nitidum
- Zanthoxylum piperitum
The first description of this butterfly was in 1775 by Cramer. There are four subspecies.
Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer macro photograph of Papilio protenor m (underside) |
Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer macro photograph of Papilio protenor f (underside) |
Here you can see some macro photos of Papilio protenor.
- CITES: (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora):
-no entry- (as at 22.05.2009)
- EU regulation on trading with species of wild Fauna and Flora
-no entry- (as at 07.07.2009)
- IUCN Red List of threatened species:
-no entry- (as at 2009) (see: www. redlist.org/)
Papilio protenor Cramer 1775
Spangle
- Kingdom: ANIMALIA
- Phylum: ARTHROPODA
- Class: INSECTA
- Order: LEPIDOPTERA
- Suborder: DITRYSIA
- Superfamily: PAPILIONOIDEA
- Family: PAPILIONIDAE
- Subfamily: PAPILIONINAE
- Tribe: PAPILIONINI
- Genus: PAPILIO
- Specific name: PROTENOR
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