Papilio montrouzieri | |
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Tereka dry forests, Noumea, New Caledonia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Papilio |
Species: | P. montrouzieri
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Binomial name | |
Papilio montrouzieri Boisduval, 1859
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Papilio montrouzieri, occasionally referred to as Montrouzier's Ulysses, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is endemic to New Caledonia.[1] It resembles the more widespread relative, Papilio ulysses. Its name refers to French entomologist, explorer and priest Xavier Montrouzier.