Giant Swallowtail (Papilio thoas)
Author's comments:
La apariencia de la oruga de esta especie imita a las heces de los pájaros, con la finalidad de pasar desapercibida ante los depredadores -por otro lado, vista de frente también simula la forma triangular de la cabeza de una serpiente-. El ejemplar está utilizando utiliza un árbol nativo de la región como flora hospedadora, el Tembetarí (Zanthoxylum fagara).
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| RECORD | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum / Division: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Scientific name: | Papilio thoas |
| English Name: | Giant Swallowtail |
| Spanish Name: | Limonera Grande |
| Portuguese Name: | Borboleta Limoeira |
| Sex: | N/A |
| Life stage: | Larva |
| Registration date: | 20/04/2019 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Province / Department: | Buenos Aires |
| Location or protected area: | Punta Indio |
| Detailed location: | Vivero La Sombra |
| Coordinates - Detailed location: | -35.266983, -57.251145 |
| Location accuracy: | Medium |
| Belonging: | Native |
| Condition: | Wild |
| Certainty: | Photographed |
| Reproduction information: | No |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | |
| Photography ID: | 330135 View Full Record |
| Publication date: | 04/30/2019 19:03:26 |
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