Papilio anchisiades

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Ruby-spotted swallowtail
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. anchisiades
Binomial name
Papilio anchisiades
Esper, 1788 [1]
Subspecies

6, see text

Synonyms
  • Papilio anchisesStoll, 1780, not Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio hipponousHübner, [1819]
  • Papilio archelausGodart, 1819
  • Papilio theramenesC. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Heraclides matusikiJohnson & Rozycki, 1986
  • Papilio isidorusBates, 1861 (preocc. Doubleday, 1846)
  • Papilio pompeiusKirby, 1871 (preocc. Fabricius, 1781)
  • Heraclides isidorus
  • Priamides anchisiades
  • Heraclides anchisiades
  • Papilio idaeusFabricius, 1793
  • Papilio pandionBates, 1861
  • Papilio pandionC. & R. Felder, 1865
  • Papilio pandoniusStaudinger, 1894
  • Papilio evanderGodart, 1819 (preocc. Stoll, 1780)

Papilio anchisiades, the ruby-spotted swallowtail [1] [2] or red-spotted swallowtail, [3] is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found from southern Texas south to Argentina. Rare strays can be found up to Kansas, southeastern Arizona, and western Texas.

The wingspan is 70–100 mm.

The larvae feed on various species of the family Rutaceae, including Citrus , Casimiroa , and Zanthoxylum species. The adults feed on flower nectar.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically. [3]

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