| Eurytides dolicaon | |
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| Mounted specimen from Peru | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Eurytides |
| Species: | E. dolicaon |
| Binomial name | |
| Eurytides dolicaon (Cramer, 1776) | |
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Eurytides dolicaon, the dolicaon kite swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae.
Eurytides dolicaon is a large butterfly with a wingspan of about 80 millimetres (3.1 in). The basic colour of the wings is creamy white with black veins. The hindwings have very long and thin tails, generally dark brown or black with yellow tips. The edges of the uppersides of the wings are dark brown or black. The undersides of the hindwings have brown bands forming large creamy white areas. On the margins of the hindwings there are a series of blue lunules.
Larvae feed on Guatteria species, Ocotea species and Nectandra membranacea .
Eurytides dolicaon can be found in Central and South America (Guyana, south-eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and north-western Venezuela).
This species is present in lowlands with wet rainforest at an elevation of about 0–400 metres (0–1,312 ft) above sea level.
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