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Papilio pelaus

Synonyms: Heraclides pelaus; Heraclides pelaus puertoricensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Papilio pelaus, the prickly ash swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Jamaica, Hispaniola, Cuba and Puerto Rico.
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Prey / Diet

Zanthoxylum martinicense (white pricklyash)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Papilio oxynius1

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0