EPPO Global Database

Papilio demoleus(PAPIDE)

Distribution details in Portugal

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Absent, pest no longer present
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/116) : 1 male specimen found in April 2012 in the municipality of Loulé (Algarve). It is not known whether it is established in Portugal

According to a pers. comm. by Wiemers in Başbay et al. (2020): not established in Portugal.
References
* Morgun DV, Wiemers M (2012) First record of the lime swallowtail Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) in Europe. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 45, 85-89.

* Başbay O, Salimeh M, John E (2020) Westward Palaearctic range expansion of Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) and its arrival at Mediterranean coastal regions of Turkey and Syria. Entomologist's Gazette 71(4), 257-272.