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| Puerto Vallarta, MX; 6/83 ssp. morelius | |
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| El Refugio Ahupachan, El Salvador; 5/97 male ssp victorinus | El Refugio Ahupachan, El Salvador; 5/97 female form amphissus. |
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| "Costa Rica" leg: Ebner; December ssp laetitia | "Costa Rica" ssp archytas |
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| Saul, French Guiana Sept 1987 ssp aristeus (menatius) | Antimano, Venezuela; 7/81 coroebus ( = phaeton) |
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| Pedio Ruiz, 1500 meters, Amazonas, Peru Nov 1998 ssp coelebs | |
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| Pedio Ruiz, 1500 meters, Amazonas, Peru Nov 1998 ssp coelebs female yellow morph | Iquitos, Loreto, Peru 100m Dec 2000 ssp ctesiades female green morph |
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| Iquitos, Loreto, Peru 100m Dec 1998 ssp ctesiades | Tingo Maria, 670m Peru; 5/97 ssp eurotas ( = bitias) |
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| Caranavi, N Yungas, Bolivia; 2/94 ssp lenaeus | Orinoco Delta, Venezuela ssp lemoulti PARATYPE |
Wide range and much geographic variation, from both coasts of Mexico south to Bolivia (tranandean), and a few isolated populations in SE Brazil (cleotas) and the Guianas (the nominate race which seems to be rather rare). Many ssp have been treated in the past as full species. Most forms of P menatius are readily interbred with closely related species to produce interesting hybrids. Papilio diazi (Known from Tepotzlan, Morelos, Mexico) is felt by some experts to be a hybrid of P menatius morelius with P garamas. Papilio judicael (from Oxapampa Peru) is either a hybrid of P m lenaeus or eurotas with P. warscewiczii, or a scarce and well differentiated subspecies of P menatius.
Subspecies listed in order from northernmost to southermost:
victorinus
morelius
vulneratus
laetitia
syndesmis
coroebis
lemoulti
ctesiades
coelebs
eurotas
vilcanotus
lenaeus
cleotas