Eurytides dioxippus

Eurytides dioxippus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]

Subspecies

• E. d. dioxippus - Panama to Colombia
• E. d. marae(Racheli, Bollino & Sala, 1990) - south-western Venezuela: Tachira, Barinas
• E. d. diores(Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) - Colombia, Ecuador: Napo, Peru, Bolivia: Mapiri
• E. d. lacandones(Bates, 1864), the thick-border kite swallowtail - south-western Mexico: Veracruz, eastern Chiapas, Guatemala to Costa Rica, western Panama. Often sold to collectors. ^[3]

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.

• D'Almeida, R.F. (1965). Catalogo dos Papilionidae Americanos. Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia. São Paulo, Brasil.
• Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906). A revision of the American Papilios. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 411-752. online (and as pdf) (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967).

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.

External links

• Butterflies of the Americas dioxippus images
• Butterflies of the Americas lacandones images