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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Eurytides |
Species: | E. callias |
Binomial name | |
Eurytides callias | |
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Eurytides callias is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in French Guiana, Brazil (Amazonas), southern Venezuela (Yavita, Rio Ocamo, Rio Cunucunuma), eastern Ecuador (Napo) and Peru.
It is a large butterfly with a wingspan around 85 mm , white in colour with a slightly pointed apex with two long thin tails at the posterior. The forewings have a brown apex and a brown border. The hind legs show blue lunules in the brown border and a red anal spot
Eurytides marcellus, the zebra swallowtail, is a swallowtail butterfly native to the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. It is the state butterfly of Tennessee. Its distinctive wing shape and long tails make it easy to identify, and its black-and-white-striped pattern is reminiscent of a zebra. The butterflies are closely associated with pawpaws, and are rarely found far from these trees. The green or black caterpillars feed on the leaves of various pawpaw species, while the adults feed on flower nectar and minerals from damp soil.
Hypolimnas misippus, the Danaid eggfly, mimic, or diadem, is a widespread species of nymphalid butterfly. It is well known for polymorphism and mimicry. Males are blackish with distinctive white spots that are fringed in blue. Females are in multiple forms that include male-like forms while others closely resemble the toxic butterflies Danaus chrysippus and Danaus plexippus.
Eurytides iphitas, the yellow kite swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
Eurytides is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae, found in North, Central, and South America.
Eurytides marcellinus, the Jamaican kite, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its conservation status is rated as vulnerable.
Papilio neumoegeni is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the islands of Sumba in Indonesia.
Eurytides celadon, the Cuban kite swallowtail or celadon swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Cuba. Occasional strays can be found on the Florida Keys.
Eurytides bellerophon is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in south-eastern Brazil, Bolivia and northern Argentina (Misiones).
Eurytides dolicaon, the dolicaon kite swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae.
Eurytides agesilaus, the short-lined kite swallowtail, is a medium-sized species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.
Parides zacynthus is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm where it is endemic to Eastern Brazil.
Eurytides asius is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm in southeastern Brazil, and Paraguay.
Eurytides calliste is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm.
Eurytides columbus is a species of butterfly found only in Colombia and northwest Ecuador.
Eurytides serville is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm.
Eurytides salvini, Salvin's kite swallowtail, is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm in southern Veracruz, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Belize and Verapaz (Guatemala).
Eurytides thyastes is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm.
Eurytides leucaspis is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm.
Eurytides dioxippus is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm.
Eurytides agesilaus fortis, the short-lined kite-swallowtail, is a subspecies of butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in North America, Mexico and Central America. The subspecies was first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1906. It hybridizes with Protographium philolaus.