Papilio anchisiades

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Papilio anchisiades
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)

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)

Gallery

  • Papilio anchisiades from Peru. Mounted specimen.

Other reading

  • Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach, 1998 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: Papilio, Subgenus Achillides, Bhutanitis, Teinopalpus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach. Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books ISBN 9783931374624
  • Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 24, figure 9.

External links

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  • Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN


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