Papilio bridgei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Papilio |
Species: | P. bridgei
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Binomial name | |
Papilio bridgei Mathew, 1886
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Papilio bridgei is a swallowtail butterfly of the Papilioninae subfamily. It is found on various islands in the Solomons group. It is not threatened.[1]
The wingspan is 140–150 millimetres (5.5–5.9 in).
The larvae feed on Citrus species.
Papilio bridgei is a member of the aegeus species-group . The clade members are
Papilio bridgei depicted on a 5 January 1982 Solomon Islands postage stamp (SLB914: 25c).
Named for "Captain Cyprian A. G. Bridge who commanded H.M. ship Espiègle during her long and interesting Commission of nearly four years, a greater portion of which time was spent among the islands of the Western Pacific."