Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus Goeze, 1779
  1. Papilionidae
  2. Papilioninae
  3. Papilionini
  4. Papilio
  5. Menelaides


North Maluku


85 - 91 mm
Canopus Swallowtail
Fuscous Swallowtail
Fuscus Swallowtail
Northern Citrus

Primary host-plants

FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
RubiaceaeMorinda citrifoliaGreat morinda
RutaceaeCitrusCitrus
Citrus australasicaAustralian Finger Lime
Halfordia kendack
Zanthoxylum brachyacanthumThorny Yellowwood

Synonyms and other combinations

Papilio canopusWestwood, 1842

Known subspecies

SpeciesAuthorLocus typicus
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus alorensisRothschild, 1894Indonesia, Alor Island
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus beccariiOberthür, 1880Waigeo
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus burgessiC. Samson, 1982New Hebrides, Vanuatu, Futuna
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus canopinusRothschild, 1895Indonesia, Romang, Leti Islands
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus canopusWestwood, 1842
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus capaneusWestwood, 1843
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus cilixGodman & Salvin, 1879Papua New Guinea, New Hanover, New Ireland
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus cristobalensisC. Samson, 1982Solomon Island, San Cristobal
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus crotonFruhstorfer, 1904Indonesia, Damar Island
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus dayacusRothschild, 1908Malaysia, North Borneo
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus fuscusGoeze, 1779
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus gyreiTennent, 1999
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus hastertiRibbe, 1907Bougainville, Choiseul
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus hypsiclesHewitson, 1868
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus hypsiclidesRothschild, 1894Wetar
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus indicatusButler, 1876
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus lamponiusFruhstorfer, 1904
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus lapathusFruhstorfer, 1904Malaysia, Maluku, Bacan
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus luniferRothschild, 1895
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus metagenesFruhstorfer, 1904
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus minorOberthür, 1879
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus motomuraiHanafusa, 1989Indonesia, Kangean Island
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus nomusGabriel, 1936
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus offakusFruhstorfer, 1904
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus ombiranusRothschild, 1898
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus pertinaxWallace, 1865
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus porrothenusJordan, 1909
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus relmaeTennent, 1999
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus rotalitaSwinhoe, 1893
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus talyabonaJoicey & Talbot, 1932
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus tenimberensisRothschild, 1896
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus thomsoniButler, 1884
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus umbrosusRothschild, 1894
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus vollenhoviiC. & R. Felder, 1865
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus wasiensisHanafusa, 1995Indonesia, Tukangbesi Islands, Wangiwangi Island, Wance
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus xenophilusMathew, 1886

Papilio (Menelaides) fuscus is a member of the clade Papilio fuscus

SpeciesAuthor
Papilio (Menelaides) albinusWallace, 1865
Papilio (Menelaides) antonioHewitson, 1875
Papilio (Menelaides) diophantusGrose-Smith, 1882
Papilio (Menelaides) fuscusGoeze, 1779
Papilio (Menelaides) hipponous(Felder & Felder, 1862)
Papilio (Menelaides) jordaniFruhstorfer, 1902
Papilio (Menelaides) nobleide Nicéville, 1889
Papilio (Menelaides) pitmaniElwes & de Nicéville, 1886
Papilio (Princeps) prexaspesC. & R. Felder, 1865
Distribution