EPPO Global Database

Papilio demoleus(PAPIDE)

Distribution details in Syria

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2003
References
* 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.
------- first reported in Syria in 2003 (few specimens). Reported in 2007 in Central-eastern Syria, and in 2019 in Mediterranean part of Syrian.

* John E, Salimeh M, Başbay O, Wiemers M (2021) Determination by molecular analysis of the presence of nominate Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in Mediterranean Syria and of confirmed range expansion of this swallowtail species into Lebanon. Entomologist's Gazette. 72(2), 137-146.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Iraq Present, no details view...
Lebanon Present, few occurrences view...
Türkiye Present, no details view...