Papilio aristor (Godart, 1819)

Oviedo, Dominican Republic; July 1982  male Oviedo, Dominican Republic; July 1982  female
Ocoa, Dominican Republic; August 1999  large ex. pupa female Ocoa, Dominican Republic; August 1999  male, underside

   Perhaps the rarest of the endemic Hispaniolan swallowtails, aristor is very seasonal and extremely local. It prefers dry habitats in general, deciduous forests and ravines, as with its sister species P. caiguanabus in Cuba.