Ilus swallowtail | |
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M. i. branchus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Mimoides |
Species: | M. ilus |
Binomial name | |
Mimoides ilus (Fabricius, 1793) | |
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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]
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]