Battus madyes

Madyes swallowtail
	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. madyes
Binomial name
	Battus madyes; (Doubleday, 1846)
Synonyms
	Papilio madyesDoubleday, 1846 ; Battus madyas; Papilio madyes crispus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 ;

Last updated April 03, 2024

Battus madyes, the Madyes swallowtail, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae.

Description

Battus madyes has a wingspan reaching about 70 millimetres (2.8 in). The body is black, while the abdomen of the male is yellowish white above. The dorsal side of the wings is black or dark brown with a submarginal line of yellowish markings. The under surface of the hindwings is greenish yellow, with red or yellow submarginal spots. The outer edge of the hindwings is scalloped. The host plants of its caterpillars are Aristolochia species.

Distribution and habitat

This species can ben found in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.^[1] It lives in the Andes between 1000and 2500 m above sea level.

Subspecies

Battus madyes madyes (Bolivia) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 6, plate 8, figures 1–2, plate 18, figure 6.^[2] Under surface of the hindwing streaked with black on the veins.
Battus madyes chlorodamas(Guenée, 1872) (eastern Peru) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 6, plate 7, figures 5–6, plate 18, figure 5. The commonest form in collections. Bands of spots on the upper surface broad, on the forewing white (females) or yellow (males). Smart The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World page 159 figure 20, underside.^[3]
Battus madyes montebanus(Dyar, 1913) (Peru) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 6, plate 7, figure 8.
Battus madyes plinius(Weymer, 1890) (northern Peru) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 6, plate 7, figures 3–4, plate 18, figures 3–4. Forewing above with four small spots. Hindwing beneath ochre yellow ; submarginal spots small.
Battus madyes tucumanus(Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) (north-western Argentina) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 6, plate 8, figures 3–4.Like madyes, but the apex of the forewing beneath not washed over with yellow; hindwing beneath smoky brown.
Battus madyes adloni(Ehrmann, 1926) (central Ecuador) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 5, back, figure 5–6; Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 8: 4, plate 4, figure 4.^[4]
Battus madyes philetas(Hewitson, 1869) (southern Ecuador) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 8: 4, plate 4, figures 5–6. Smart The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World page 158 fig. 13, underside.
Battus madyes magnimacula(Joicey & Talbot, 1925) (northern Peru) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 6, plate 7, figure 7.
Battus madyes lojaensisMöhn, 1999 (southern Ecuador) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 5, plate 7, figures 1–2, plate 18, figures 1-2
Battus madyes buecheiLamas, 1998 (central Peru)Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 6, back, figures 3-4
Battus madyes callangaensisMöhn, 2001 (Peru) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 6 as montebanus Spots on the upper surface much smaller than in chlorodamas.
Battus madyes frankenbachiMöhn, 2001 (Peru)

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References

↑ Battus at Funet
↑ Edwin Möhn, 2002 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part V (5), Papilionidae II:Battus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-70-9
↑ Paul Smart, 1976 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World in Color.London, Salamander:Encyclopedie des papillons. Lausanne, Elsevier Sequoia (French language edition) ISBN 9780948427046 ISBN 0600313816
↑ Edwin Möhn, 1999 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part VIII (8), Papilionidae V. New and rare Neotropical Papilionidae. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-75-4.

Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 23, figure 3.

External links

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[1] Battus at Funet

[2] Edwin Möhn, 2002 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part V (5), Papilionidae II:Battus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-70-9

[3] Paul Smart, 1976 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World in Color.London, Salamander:Encyclopedie des papillons. Lausanne, Elsevier Sequoia (French language edition) ISBN 9780948427046 ISBN 0600313816

[4] Edwin Möhn, 1999 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part VIII (8), Papilionidae V. New and rare Neotropical Papilionidae. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-75-4.

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