Eurytides zonaria

Eurytides zonaria
Scientific classification
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).

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]

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

Further reading

• Edwin Möhn, 2002 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part XIIII (14), Papilionidae VIII: Baronia, Euryades, Protographium, Neographium, Eurytides. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern : Goecke & Evers; Canterbury : Hillside Books. ISBN   978-3-931374-87-7 All species and subspecies are included, also most of the forms. Several females are shown the first time in colour.

External links

• Butterflies of America