''Papilio fuscus'', the Canopus swallowtail, is a

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of the

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Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges ...

, that is found on

Timor Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western part. The Indonesian part, al ...

, northern Australia, and

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. The

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is about 80 mm. The larvae feed on

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species.

Subspecies

*''P. f. fuscus'' (Buru, Ambon, Serang) *''P. f. alorensis'' Rothschild, 1894 (Alor) *''P. f. beccarii'' Oberthür, 1880 (western Irian, north-western New Guinea) *''P. f. canopinus'' Rothschild, 1895 (Romang, Leti Islands) *''P. f. canopus'' Westwood, 1842 (north-western Australia, Northern Territory) *''P. f. capaneus'' Westwood, 1843 (Cape York to northern New South Wales) *''P. f. cilix'' Godman & Salvin, 1879 (New Hanover, New Ireland) *''P. f. croton'' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Damar) *''P. f. hasterti'' Ribbe, 1907 (Bougainville, Choiseul) *''P. f. hypsicles'' Hewitson, 1868 (New Hebrides) *''P. f. hypsiclides'' Rothschild, 1894 (Wetar) *''P. f. indicatus'' Butler, 1876 (southern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux, Woodlark, Lousiades, Torres Straits Islands) *''P. f. lamponius'' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (New Britain) *''P. f. lapathus'' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Bachan) *''P. f. lunifer'' Rothschild, 1895 (Talaud, Sangie Islands) *''P. f. metagenes'' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Tukangbesi: Binongko) *''P. f. minor'' Oberthür, 1879 (northern Sulawesi, Sangihe) *''P. f. ombiranus'' Rothschild, 1898 (Obi) *''P. f. pertinax'' Wallace, 1865 (Sulawesi, Tukangbesi, Salaya, Sula Islands) *''P. f. porrothenus'' Jordan, 1909 (Tanadjampea, Kalao, south-western Sulawesi) *''P. f. rotalita'' (Swinhoe, 1893) (Aru, Key) *''P. f. talyabona'' Joicey & Talbot, 1932 (Sula) *''P. f. tenimberensis'' Rothschild, 1896 (Tanimbar, Babar) *''P. f. thomsoni'' Butler, 1884 (Kai Islands) *''P. f. umbrosus'' Rothschild, 1894 (Sambawa) *''P. f. vollenhovii'' C. & R. Felder, 1865 (Timor) *''P. f. wasiensis'' Hanafusa, 1991 (Tukangbesi: Wangiwangi) *''P. f. xenophilus'' Mathew, 1886 (Guadalcanal, Santa Isabel, New Georgia Group)

Taxonomy

''Papilio fuscus'' is the nominate member of the ''fuscus''

species group In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...

. The members of this clade are: * '' Papilio albinus'' Wallace, 1865 * '' Papilio diophantus'' Grose-Smith, 1883 * ''Papilio fuscus'' Goeze, 1779 * '' Papilio hipponous'' C. & R. Felder, 1862 * '' Papilio jordani'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 * '' Papilio pitmani'' Elwes & de Nicéville,

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/small> * '' Papilio prexaspes'' C. & R. Felder, 1865 * '' Papilio sakontala'' Hewitson, 1864

External links

Australian caterpillars−larvae: ''Papilio fuscus''

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