Eurytides salvini

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Eurytides salvini
Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies Papilio VIII.jpg
Eurytides salvini is the top image in this plate from William Chapman Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Eurytides
Species:
E. salvini
Binomial name
Eurytides salvini
(Bates, 1864) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio salviniBates, 1864
  • Papilio eacusGodman & Salvin, [1890]
  • Eurytides salvini f. ochraceaBeutelspacher, 1976

Eurytides salvini, Salvin's kite swallowtail, is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm in southern Veracruz, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Chiapas (south-eastern Mexico), Belize and Verapaz (Guatemala).

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Description

The black bands very much reduced, a narrow band in the middle of the cell, not extending beyond the median vein; under surface glossy white; hindwing with black-brown discal band which runs almost straight from the costal margin to the red anal spot. 1. and 2. subcostals of the forewing distally confluent with the costa. Guatemala, British Honduras and (doubtfully) Yucatán; most of the specimens in collections come from the woods in northern Verapaz, Guatemala. [2]

Status

Uncommon. No known threats. [3]

Etymology

The name honours Osbert Salvin.

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References

  1. ↑ Eurytides at Funet
  2. ↑ Karl Jordan, 1916 Papilio In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the world,vol. 5: 617–738. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen also available as pdf
  3. ↑ 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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