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Post by mantisboy on Sept 8, 2015 8:08:49 GMT -8
I collected this swallowtail in Gamboa, Panama in late June. I don't know much about the whole thoas/cresphontes/rumiko group, so could somebody help ID this one? Thanks in advance, -Alex Attachments:
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 9, 2015 8:49:49 GMT -8
Since it is a male you can find out its identity by running your finger nail down the dorsal surface of the abdomen. If it is Papilio rumiko there will be a small groove above the join between the last abdominal segment and the top of the claspers, and your finger nail will feel it. In P. thoas the edge of the claspers is smoothly continuous with the top of the abdomen, without a groove.
I expect this is probably P. rumiko judging by its appearance and apparent largish size.
Adam.
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