Eurytides
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Eurytides | |
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Eurytides marcellus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Tribe: | Leptocircini |
Genus: | Eurytides Hübner, [1821] |
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Eurytides is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae, found in North, Central, and South America.
Species
Listed alphabetically with groups:[1]
Subgenus Bellerographium Möhn, 2002:
- Eurytides bellerophon (Dahlman, 1823)
Subgenus Eurytides:
- The salvini species-group:
- Eurytides salvini (Bates, 1864) – Salvin's kite swallowtail
- The orabilis species-group:
- Eurytides columbus (Kollar, 1850)
- Eurytides orabilis (Butler, 1872) – thick-edged kite swallowtail
- Eurytides serville (Godart, 1824) – Serville swordtail
- The dolicaon species-group:
- Eurytides callias (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Callias kite swallowtail
- Eurytides dolicaon (Cramer, [1776]) – dolicaon kite swallowtail
- Eurytides iphitas Hübner, [1821] – yellow kite swallowtail
Five species formerly classed in Eurytides are now thought to belong to Protographium; these are:
- Protographium celadon (Lucas, 1852) – Cuban kite swallowtail, formerly E. celadon
- Protographium epidaus (Doubleday, 1846) – Mexican kite swallowtail, formerly E. epidaus
- 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
Some species have been moved to genus Mimoides.
References
- Möhn, Edwin (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.Error: "Q1314621" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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