male Papilio genetalia

LEPS-L glaucus at earthlink.net
Sat Jun 7 21:31:19 EDT 2008


I need some help...I can't find any good books and nothing on the net to 
help ID genetalia. When I look at a male Papilio and open the claspers I see 
three distinct protrusions from the very end of the abdomen, moving up 
toward the first segment:

At the very end:  a brown hook-like protrusion
Up from that:  a large green protrusion with a spike at the end
Lastly (further up the abdomen):  a thin dark protrusion that seems to probe 
around

PLEASE...what are these? What is the anus and what is the penis? I'm hoping 
to hand-pair some things.

Thanks!! 



 
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