Papilio anchisiades
| Papilio anchisiades |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Division: |
Rhopalocera |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Papilionidae |
| Tribe: |
Papilionini |
| Genus: |
Papilio |
| Species: |
P. anchisiades |
| Binomial name |
Papilio anchisiades
Esper, 1788 |
| Synonyms |
- Papilio anchises Stoll, 1780, not Linnaeus, 1758
- Papilio hipponous Hübner, [1819]
- Papilio archelaus Godart, 1819
- Papilio theramenes C. & R. Felder, 1861
- Heraclides matusiki Johnson & Rozycki, 1986
- Papilio isidorus Bates, 1861 (preocc. Doubleday, 1846)
- Papilio pompeius Kirby, 1871 (preocc. Fabricius, 1781)
- Heraclides isidorus
- Priamides anchisiades
- Heraclides anchisiades
- Papilio idaeus Fabricius, 1793
- Papilio pandion Bates, 1861
- Papilio pandion C. & R. Felder, 1865
- Papilio pandonius Staudinger, 1894
- Papilio evander Godart, 1819 (preocc. Stoll, 1780)
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The Ruby-spotted Swallowtail or Red-spotted Swallowtail (Papilio anchisiades) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found from southern Texas south to Argentina. A rare stray can be found up to Kansas, south-eastern Arizona and western Texas.
The wingspan is 70-100 mm. There are several generations per year with adults on wing from May to October.
The larvae feed on various species of the Rutaceae family, including Citrus, Casimiroa, and Zanthoxylum species. The adults feed on flower nectar.
Subspecies
- Papilio anchisiades anchisiades (Venezuela, Colombia to the Guayanas, Peru)
- Papilio anchisiades lamasi (Brown, 1994) (Ecuador)
- Papilio anchisiades idaeus (Fabricius, 1793) (Texas, Mexico to Panama)
- Papilio anchisiades capys (Hübner, [1809]) (Bolivia to Parana, Argentina, Paraguay)
- Papilio anchisiades philastrius Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Trinidad)
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