Mimoides ilus

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Ilus swallowtail
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M. i. branchus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Mimoides
Species:
M. ilus
Binomial name
Mimoides ilus
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Papilio ilusFabricius, 1793
  • Papilio hostiliusC. Felder & R. Felder, 1861
  • Papilio guacoStaudinger, 1876
  • Eurytides branchusDoubleday, 1846

Mimoides ilus, the Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela. [1] [2] Little is known about this rare butterfly, but it is not considered threatened. [3] The larvae of M. i. branchus feed on Annotata reticulata . [4]

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Subspecies

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M. i. branchus

Description from Seitz

P. ilus F. (= hostilius Fldr.; guaco Stgr. (14a). Male and female: under surface without red basal spots on the forewing, with 4 red basal spots on the hindwing. Forewing with or without a patch in the extremity of the cell, with 2 or 3 white spots on the disc, the posterior one, placed behind the 3. median, the largest. North Venezuela, Northern Colombia, Panama; rare in collections. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Warren, A. D.; et al. (2010). "Mimoides ilus". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  2. Glassberg, Jeffrey (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 13. ISBN   978-1-4243-0915-3.
  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.
  4. Savela, Markku. "Mimoides ilus". funet.fi. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  5. Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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