Papilio aristophontes

Taxobox
name = Papilio aristophontes


status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Papilionidae
genus = "Papilio"
species = "P. aristophontes"
binomial = "Papilio aristophontes"
binomial_authority = (Oberthür, 1897)
synonyms =

"Papilio aristophontes" is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is endemic to Comoros. It is listed as a red list species due to the its rarity and the threats to its survival. The eggs are laid on the plant Toddalia asiatica, but the caterpillars have been reared on other members of the Rutaceae in captivity.

ource

* Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/15981/all Papilio aristophontes] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 31 July 2007.