Mimoides protodamas

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Mimoides protodamas
Mounted specimen of Mimoides protodamas on display at Museo di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi, Bergamo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Leptocircini
Genus: Mimoides
Species: M. protodamas
Binomial name
Mimoides protodamas
(Godart , 1819)
Synonyms
  • Papilio protodamas Godart, 1819
  • Ithobalus hyperion Hübner, [1821]
  • Papilio zonaras Perty, [1833]
  • Papilio choridamas Boisduval, 1836

Mimoides protodamas is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. The common name is False Polysticto, with reference to the similarity of this species with Battus polystictus.

Description

Mimoides protodamas has a wingspan reaching 70–80 millimetres (2.8–3.1 in). It is a black butterfly with rounded apex and concave outer edge of the forewings, while the outer edge of the hind wings is scalloped. The dorsal sides of the wings shows a series of whitish-bluish markings.

Distribution

This species can be found in the Neotropical ecozone, in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

Gallery

  • Illustration from Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge Vol. 2 - Jacob Hübner, [1821]

  • Illustration from Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge Vol. 2 - Jacob Hübner, [1821]

  • Mimoides protodamas on display at the Museo de La Plata

References

  • Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf
  • Boisduval, [J. B. A.] (1836) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. Tome Premier., Boisduval, [J. B. A.] (1836) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. Tome Premier. xii, 690, 6 pp.; 24 pls., Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris
  • Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). Catalogue of Life
  • GloBIS (GART): Global Butterfly Information System. Häuser C., Holstein J. & Steiner A. (eds), 2008-11-23

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