Jamaican giant swallowtail (Papilio homerus)

Query: Swallowtail butterfly

Result: 123^rd of 315

Subject:	Jamaican giant swallowtail (Papilio homerus)
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Papilio homerus ( = Pterourus homerus) from: Esper, Eugen Johann Christoph 1796. Die ausländische oder die ausserhalb Europa zur Zeit in den übrigen Welttheilen vorgefundene Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Erlangen, Wolfgang Walther. (11/12): 161-192, pls. 41-46; p. 190, pl. 45 f. 1
Date 4 April 2017
Source http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/pterourus_homerus_illustrations.htm
Author Eugen Johann Christoph Esper
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esper.jpg

The Homerus swallowtail or Jamaican giant swallowtail (Papilio homerus) is the largest swallowtail butterfly in the Western Hemisphere and the largest species in the genus Papilio with an average wingspan of about 15 centimetres (the African giant swallowtail has a larger wingspan, but this is mainly due to its elongated forewings). The Homerus swallowtail belongs to the swallowtail family (tribe: Papilionini) and is often placed in the subgenus Pterourus, considered a full genus by some authors.
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: Papilio homerus Fabricius, 1793

Swallowtail butterfly
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