Battus devilliersii
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Battus |
| Species: | B. devilliersii |
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| Battus devilliersii (Godart, 1823) | |
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Battus devilliersii is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Cuba and the Bahamas.
Description
It has tails on both hindwings. The forewings have a submarginal row of white spots. The hindwing on the upper surface has a submarginal band, and on the underside with one or more silver spots.
Biology
The larvae feed on Aristolochia elegans.[1]
References
- Edwin Möhn, 2002 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the World Part V (5), Papilionidae II:Battus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books.ISBN 978-3-931374-70-9 Illustrates and identifies 14 species and 49 subspecies.Plate 1, figures 5-8.
- Smart, 1976 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World in Color. London, Salamander:Encyclopedie des papillons. Lausanne, Elsevier Sequoia (French language edition) ISBN 9780948427046 ISBN 0600313816 page 158 fig. 12, underside (Cuba).
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External links
- Butterflycorner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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