Papilio warscewiczii

Papilio warscewiczii is a Neotropical species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.

Habitat
Montane forest in the Bolivian Yungas ecoregion. The larval food plant is not recorded.

Subspecies

 * Papilio warscewiczii warscewiczii (south-eastern Peru, Bolivia)
 * Papilio warscewiczii mercedes Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (eastern Peru)
 * Papilio warscewiczii jelskii Oberthür, 1881 (south-eastern Ecuador, north-western Peru)

Taxonomy
Papilio warscewiczii is a member of the homerus species group. The members of this clade are and the enigmatic Papilio judicael known only from a handful of specimens and either a valid species from the Andean region, or a hybrid P. menatius × P. warscewiczii.
 * Papilio cacicus Lucas, 1852
 * Papilio euterpinus Salvin & Godman, 1868
 * Papilio garamas (Geyer, [1829])
 * Papilio homerus Fabricius, 1793
 * Papilio menatius (Hübner, [1819])
 * Papilio warscewiczii Hopffer, 1865

Papilio warscewiczii is in the subgenus Pterourus Scopoli, 1777 which also includes the species groups: troilus species group, glaucus species group, the zagreus species group and the scamander species group.

Etymology
Named for the collector Józef Warszewicz