Overview
Brief Summary
North American Ecology (US and Canada)
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Scott, J. A. 1986. The butterflies of North America. Stanford University Press.
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Distribution
- Scott, J. A. 1986. The butterflies of North America. Stanford University Press.
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National Distribution
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Ecology
Habitat
Comments: Mostly around developed areas with Citrus in Hawaii.
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Migration
Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Papilio xuthus
There are 80 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Papilio xuthus
Public Records: 80
Species: 81
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
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Rounded Global Status Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure
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National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
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Wikipedia
Papilio xuthus
Papilio xuthus, also known as the Asian Swallowtail, Chinese Yellow Swallowtail, or as the Xuthus swallowtail, is a middle to large sized swallowtail butterfly found in northeast Asia, Korea, Japan, and Hawaii.
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Description
A mid-sized, yellow, prominently tailed butterfly. It has a wingspan of 45 to 55 mm.
Range
Northern Myanmar, southern China, Japan(from Hokkaidō to Yaeyama Islands), Taiwan, Guam, Ogasawarashoto, Korean Peninsula, maritime province of Siberia, and the Hawaiian Islands.[1]
Similar species
- Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) has similar shape and coloring, however, caterpillar has very different coloring.
Status
Common and not threatened.[1]
Habitat
Papilio xuthus is common in urban, suburban, woods, and orange orchards.
Life cycle
The caterpillar of P. xuthus is very similar to the caterpillar of the Spangle Papilio protenor, however, the color of the osmeterium of P. xuthus is orange yellow, and the color of the osmeterium of P. protenor is ruby red.
The pupa is usually green or brown depending on the roughness of the perch. Pupation takes place after the larval duration of 2 weeks.
Caterpillar
Pupa
On Lycoris
Food plants
The larvae of the species feed on plants of Family Rutaceae. Recorded species of foodplants include:
- Phellodendron amurensis[2]
- Poncirus trifoliata[2]
- Zanthoxylum spp, such as the Japanese pepper tree Zanthoxylum piperitum, Zanthoxylum nitidum[2] and the Japanese Prickly-ash Zanthoxylum ailanthoides[2]
- Cultivated Citrus species[2] such as the Mandarin orange and the Yuzu
- Euodia ruaecarpa[2]
References
- ^ a b Collins, N. Mark; Collins, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtails of the World:the IUCN red data book. IUCN Protected Area Programme Series. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K.: IUCN. p. 95. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=RomV7uO_t9YC. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Savela, Marrku (16 Feb 2008). "Papilio". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. nic.funet.fi. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio/index.html#xuthus. Retrieved 09 November 2010.
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