Papilio veiovis

Papilio veiovis
male specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. veiovis
Binomial name
Papilio veiovis Hewitson, [1865]
Synonyms
Papilio veiovis aristyllos Fruhstorfer, 1909 Chilasa veiovis

Papilio veiovis is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Sulawesi.^[1]

P. veiovis Hew. (= samanganus Fruhst.) (20 d). The lateral spots of the abdomen united into transverse bands, which are interrupted above. Markings of the wings dissimilis-like; ground-colour white, often yellowish, especially on the under surface of the hindwing, the veins, the cell-stripes and a broad marginal area which encloses light double stripes black; the forewing elongated, with incurved distal margin; the hindwing at the abdominal margin much longer than in clytia, with distinctly projecting tooth at the 3. radial and yellow anal spot. The female has broader wings than the male .— North and South Celebes; the differences given by Fruhstorfer between northern and southern specimens are not confirmed by the 16 examples before me [Jordan]. The butterfly according to Fruhstorfer drinks at puddles and at the edges of brooks, the wings being kept closed.^[2]

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Papilio Linnaeus, 1758". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
2. Jordan, K. in Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.