Eurytides zonaria

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Eurytides zonaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Eurytides
Species:
E. zonaria
Binomial name
Eurytides zonaria
(Butler, 1869) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio zonariaButler, [1870]
  • Neographium zonaria(Butler, 1869)
  • Protographium zonaria(Butler, 1869)

Eurytides zonaria is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic).

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Description

The pale bands narrow; the 4. and 5. pale green cell-bands of the forewing continuous with the discal band, narrow, separated from one another. [2]

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References

  1. Protographium at funet
  2. Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45

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