Eurytides dioxippus

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Eurytides dioxippus
Thick-bordered Kite Swallowtail (Protographium dioxippus lacandones) (8421164800).jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Eurytides
Species:
E. dioxippus
Binomial name
Eurytides dioxippus
(Hewitson, [1856]) [1]
Synonyms
List
  • Papilio dioxippusHewitson, 1856
  • Papilio (Cosmodesmus) ab. druetiDufrane, 1946
  • Eurytides dioxippus maraeRacheli, Bollino & Sala, 1990
  • Papilio lacandones dioresRothschild & Jordan, 1906
  • Papilio pausaniasFruhstorfer, 1938 (preocc. Hewitson, 1852)
  • Papilio lacandonesBates, 1864
  • Protographium dioxippus(Hewitson, 1856)

Eurytides dioxippus is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm. [2]

Contents

Subspecies

Description

Wings on the upper surface with common green-yellow triangular area; forewing with vestiges of costal bands; hindwing with 2 red spots at the anal angle. Very common in Bogota-collections; Valleys of the Gauca, Magdalena and Meta Rivers, at moderate elevations. [4]

Status

Restricted range but common and not threatened [5]

Further reading

D'Abrera, B. (1981). Butterflies of the Neotropical Region. Part I. Papilionidae and Pieridae. Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne, xvi + 172 pp.

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References

  1. ↑ Protographium at Funet
  2. ↑ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Eurytides dioxippus)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  3. ↑ "Specimens-Eurytides dioxippus lacandones". Esperanza Insects - Hope for Insects. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  4. ↑ Karl Jordan, 1916 Papilio In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the world,vol. 5: 617–738. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen also available as pdf
  5. ↑ Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN   978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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