Tamil peacock
Upperside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. paris
Subspecies:
P. p. tamilana
Trinomial name
Papilio paris tamilana
Moore, 1881

Papilio paris tamilana, the Tamil peacock, is an endemic swallowtail butterfly found in southern India. It is a subspecies of Papilio paris, the Paris peacock.

Description

Papilio paris tamilana very closely resembles other subspecies of Papilio paris, but on the upperside the upper discal patch on the hindwing is of a paler more metallic blue and very considerably larger, it extends from interspace 3 well into interspace 7, from the apex of the cell into interspaces 3, 4, and 5, and from the middle of interspace 6 much further towards the termen than in typical P. paris. Underside similar to that of the typical form, but the transverse postdiscal pale band on the forewing is conspicuously narrower and curved inwards towards the costa. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in typical P. paris.[1]

Wingspan: 116–134 mm

Habitat: southern India, Kanara, Nilgiris, Travancore.

Food plants

Erodia roxburghiana[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd.


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