Eurytides agesilaus

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Eurytides agesilaus
Papilionidae - Protographium agesilaus.JPG
Mounted specimen from Colombia
Short-lined kite-swallowtail (Protographium agesilaus agesilaus).JPG
E. a. agesilaus underside
Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Eurytides
Species:
E. agesilaus
Binomial name
Eurytides agesilaus
Synonyms
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  • Papilio agesilausGuérin-Méneville & Percheron, 1835
  • Papilio cononGray, [1853]
  • Papilio cononHewitson, 1854
  • Papilio agesilaus agesilaus septemlineatusEimer, 1889
  • Papilio arnapesEhrmann, 1919
  • Papilio agesilaus ab. fermata(Bryk, 1930)
  • Papilio neosilausHopffer, 1866
  • Papilio autosilaus var. multesilausEhrmann, 1919
  • Papilio glaucolaus sztolcmaniPrüffer, 1922
  • Protographium_agesilaus(Guérin-Méneville & Percheron, 1835)
  • Neographium agesilaus tenebricosusMöhn, 2002

Eurytides agesilaus, the short-lined kite swallowtail, is a medium-sized species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.

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Description

Eurytides agesilaus has a wingspan of about 70–80 millimetres (2.8–3.1 in). The forewings are triangular shaped and the hindwings are adorned with a long sword-like tails. The basic colour of the wings is greenish white. The forewings have seven black bands and a black marking with two red spots bordered with white on the margins. On the undersides of the hindwings there are two black and red streaks. The females are like the males but have rather larger pale submarginal spots on the hindwings. They are easy to recognise by the red line of the hindwing being edged with black distally.

Biology

Larvae feed on Rollinia emarginata .

Distribution

This species is mainly present in Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.

Subspecies

Status

Eurytides agesilaus is common and not threatened.

Etymology

It is named in the classical tradition. Agesilaus was an ancient Greek king.

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