1. Distribution

2. Description

3. Ecology

4. References

• Papilio laomedia Linnaeus, 1767
• Precis atlites acera Fruhstorfer, 1912

Distribution

Description

Upperside of both sexes pale lavender brown, apical half of wings paler. Forewing: cell with, three transverse, short, sinuous black bands, the outermost defining the discocellulars; a similar short, somewhat broader band beyond the apex of the cell; two transverse discal dusky black fasciae, the inner highly sinuous and outward, angulate above vein 4, the outer straighter, somewhat lunular, bordered by a series of whitish ovals with dusky or black centers. The black-centered spots in the ovals in interspaces 2, 5, and 6 margined posteriorly with rich ocherous yellow. Beyond this series of ovals is a lunular, narrow, transverse dark band, followed by sinuous subterminal and terminal broad dark lines. Apex of wing slightly fuliginous. Hindwing: a short slender black loop from veins 6 to 4 at apex of cell-area; two discal sinuous transverse dark, fasciae in continuation of those on the forewing: followed by a series of dark-centered ovals in interspaces 2–6, the ovals in interspaces 2, 5, and 6 with the dark centers inwardly broadly bordered with ochreous yellow; postdiscal, subterminal and terminal dark lunular lines as on the forewing.^[8]

Underside lilacine white markings as on the upperside but very delicate, slender and somewhat obsolescent. In the dry-season forms of the males the rows of oval ocelli are only indicated by the yellow-centered ovals. The most prominent marking is the inner discal fascia crossing the wings; this is much less sinuous than on the upperside and not angulated on the forewing. In the females the markings are all heavier and more distinct, the space between the various transverse fasciae tinged with ocherous.^[4][5]

Ecology

The larvae of J. atlites feed on Oryza, Pseuderanthemum, Strobilanthes, Asteracantha longifolia, Alternanthera philoxeroides, Barleria, Hygrophila lancea, and Hygrophila salicifolia.^[6][3]

References

• University of the Philippines Los Banos College of Public Affairs
• University of the Philippines Los Banos Institute of Plant Breeding
• University of the Philippines Manila Museum of a History of Ideas
• University of the Philippines (OU)
• University of the Philippines ROTC Unit
• University of the Philippines Tacloban
• University of the Philippines Technology Management Center
• University of the Philippines Visayas – Cebu High School
• University of the Punjab, Gujranwala
• University of the Punjab, Jhelum
• University of the Punjab, Khanspur
• University of the Punjab, Lahore
• University of the Republic, Uruguay
• University of the Saarland
• University of the Sacred Heart (Puerto Rico)
• University of the Sapienza
• University Of The Sciences
• University of the Sciences Devils
• University of the South at Sewanee, Tn.
• University of the South Pacific Solomon Islands
• University of the State of Missouri
• University of the State of Paraná
• University of the Trees
• University of the Western Cape, Faculty of Dentistry
• University of the Western Cape Sports Ground