Mimoides ariarathes

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Mimoides ariarathes
Female M. a. ariarathes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Leptocircini
Genus: Mimoides
Species: M. ariarathes
Binomial name
Mimoides ariarathes
(Esper, 1788)

Mimoides ariarathes is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is native to South America.

Subspecies

M. a. gayi
  • Mimoides ariarathes ariarathes (Esper, 1788)
  • Mimoides ariarathes arianus (Staudinger, 1884)
  • Mimoides ariarathes demerara K.S. Brown & Lamas, 1994
  • Mimoides ariarathes evagorides K.S. Brown, & Lamas, 1994
  • Mimoides ariarathes gayi (Lucas, 1852)
  • Mimoides ariarathes illuminatus (Niepelt, 1928)
  • Mimoides ariarathes leuctra (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
  • Mimoides ariarathes metagenes (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)

References

  • Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainsville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 88. ISBN 0-945417-28-4. 
  • Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf
  • Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 23, figure 10.


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