Battus devilliersii

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Battus devilliersii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Battus
Species:
B. devilliersii
Binomial name
Battus devilliersii
(Godart, 1823)
Synonyms
  • Papilio devilliersiiGodart, 1823
  • Battus devilliers
  • Battus (Battus) devilliersiMöhn, 1999

Battus devilliersii is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Cuba and the Bahamas. [1]

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Description

It has tails on both hindwings. The forewings have a submarginal row of white spots. The hindwing on the upper surface has a submarginal band, and on the underside with one or more silver spots. [2]

Description from Seitz

P. devilliers Godt. (6a). Hitherto known with certainty only from Cuba; the older authors assigned it to Florida also, which is perhaps due to an error. Tailed. Forewing with a submarginal row of white spots; hind-wing on the upper surface with a submarginal band, and on the under with one or more silver spots. [3]

Biology

The larvae feed on Aristolochia elegans . [4]

References

  1. Riley, N.D. (1975). A Field Guide to the Butterflies of the West Indies. Collins, London.
  2. Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906). A revision of the American Papilios. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 411-752. (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967).
  3. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. Battus at Funet