Eurytides
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| Eurytides | |
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| Eurytides marcellus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Papilioninae |
| Tribe: | Leptocircini |
| Genus: | Eurytides Hübner, 1821 |
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Eurytides is a genus of butterfly in the Papilionidae family, found in North, Central, and South America.
Species[1]
- Eurytides bellerophon (Dahlman, 1823)
- Eurytides callias (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) - Callias Kite Swallowtail
- Eurytides celadon (Lucas, 1852) – Cuban Kite Swallowtail
- Eurytides columbus (Kollar, 1850)
- Eurytides dolicaon (Cramer, 1776) - Dolicaon Kite Swallowtail
- Eurytides epidaus (Doubleday, 1846) – Mexican Kite Swallowtail
- Eurytides iphitas Hübner, 1821 – Yellow Kite Swallowtail
- Eurytides orabilis (Butler, 1872) - Thick-edged Kite Swallowtail
- Eurytides salvini (Bates, 1864) - Salvin's Kite Swallowtail
- Eurytides serville (Godart, 1824) - Serville Swordtail
Three species formerly classed in Eurytides are now thought to belong to Protographium; these are:
- Protographium marcellinus (Doubleday, 1845) – Jamaican Kite, formerly E. marcellinus
- Protographium marcellus (Cramer, 1777) – Zebra Swallowtail, formerly E. marcellus
- Protographium philolaus (Boisduval, 1836) – Dark Kite Swallowtail, formerly E. philolaus
References
- 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.
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