Pathysa megarus

Taxobox
name = Spotted Zebra


image_size = 230px
image_caption = "Pathysa megarus megapenthes".Museum specimen.
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Papilionidae
genus = "Graphium"
subgenus = "Pathysa"
species = "P. megarus"
binomial = "Pathysa megarus"
binomial_authority = Westwood, 1841

Spotted Zebra "Pathysa megarus" is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in Southeast Asia. It is common and not considered to be threatened; however, the nominate subspecies is protected by law in India. [Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G. (1985) "Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World". IUCN. ISBN 2-88032-603-6]

Description

Male upperside black with the following white streaks and spots— Fore wing cell with a small spot at base followed by three obliquely transverse streaks in middle, none extended to either the subcostal or median veins, and two spots near apex; single slender narrow streaks in interspaces la and 2, and two streaks in interspace 1; above these a spot at base followed by a streak in each of the interspaces 3, 4, 6 and 8, an outer spot only in interspace 5, and a basal spot in interspace 7; finally, a complete series of small subterminal spots. Hind wing: a streak in cell with a spot above its outer apex; a streak followed by a spot in each of the interspaces 1, 6 and 7; three elongate spots in interspaces 2 and 3 and two in interspaces 4 and 5; finally, a series of four slender subterminal lunules in interspaces 2 to 5. Underside similar, with similar but slightly broader markings. Female similar, ground-colour duller, more fuliginous black; markings similar, on the fore wing slightly broader, on the hind wing slightly narrower, than in the male.Bingham, C. T. (1907) Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 2.]

References

ee also

*Papilionidae
*List of butterflies of India
*List of Butterflies of India (Papilionidae)