''Papilio neyi'' is a

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swallowtail butterfly 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 ...

from the

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'' Papilio'' that is found in

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

and

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Description

''Papilio neyi'' is a large, brown butterfly with extensive orange markings and a submarginal line of creamy white spots and dots. The fore wings are adorned with large orange spots from the basal part to the submarginal line of cream spots which reserves the brown apex and the hind wings have a brown border marked or not with a submarginal line of cream dots and covered with confluent orange spots.

Subspecies

*''Papilio neyi neyi'' (Ecuador) *''Papilio neyi bedoci'' Le Cerf, 1925 (French Guiana) *''Papilio neyi josianae'' (Möhn, 2001) (Peru)

Taxonomy

''Papilio neyi'' is in the ''

Papilio zagreus ''Papilio zagreus'' is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in South America, including Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and western Brazil. Description A powerfully built insect with strong neuration i ...

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. This clade has two members. *''

'' *''Papilio neyi'' (may be a form or subspecies of ''zagreus'') Tyler, H.A., Brown, Jr., K.S. & Wilson, K.H. 1994. ''Swallowtail Butterflies of the Americas''. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, Florida

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External links

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neyi Papilionidae of South America Lepidoptera of Brazil Lepidoptera of Ecuador Lepidoptera of French Guiana Lepidoptera of Peru Butterflies described in 1909 {{Papilionidae-stub