Biology:Papilio chikae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. chikae
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| Papilio chikae Igarashi, 1965 [3]
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Papilio chikae, the Luzon peacock swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Philippines . It has two subspecies, with P. c. chikae from Luzon and P. c. hermeli (Nuyda, 1992) from Mindoro. The latter was originally described as a separate species, but it resembles the nominate subspecies and there are no significant differences in their genitalia, leading recent authorities to treat them as subspecies of a single species.[4]
It is listed as endangered by the IUCN and ESA,[1][5] and is included on Appendix I of CITES,[6] thereby making commercial international trade illegal.
Description
Their forewings are black with pale blue veins, while their hind wings are black with turquoise and red edges.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Papilio chikae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T15986A5341006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15986A5341006.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15986/5341006. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.
- ↑ Igarashi, S.(1965). Papilio chikae, an unrecorded Papilionid butterfly from Luzon island,the Philippines. Tyo To Ga (Transactions of the Lepidopterists' Society of Japan) 16:41-49.
- ↑ Page, M.G.P. and C.G. Treadaway (2003). Papilionidae of the Philippine Islands. Butterflies of the world. Part 17, supplement 8. Verlag Goecke & Evers.
- ↑ U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (1993). Luzon Peacock Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio chikae). Version July 28, 2010.
- ↑ CITES (2011). Appendices I, II and III. Version 27 April 2011.
Other reading
- 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
Wikidata ☰ Q268420 entry
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