Battus laodamas | |
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Mounted specimen on display at Museo di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi, Bergamo | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Battus |
Species: | B. laodamas |
Binomial name | |
Battus laodamas | |
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Battus laodamas, the green-patch swallowtail or yellow-spotted swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.
Battus laodamas has a wingspan of about 90 millimetres (3.5 in). It is a black or dark brown butterfly with green reflections. The dorsal side of the hindwings shows a broad cream or pale green band and a series of cream or pale green spots. The underside of the wings is lighter brown, with a submarginal line of whitish spots on the forewings and a submarginal line of red markings on the hindwings. The forewings have a rounded apex and the outer edge of the hindwings is scalloped. The host plant of its caterpillars is Aristolochia tentaculata .
This species is native to the Neotropical realm. [1] [2] It is present in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.