Eurytides salvini

Eurytides salvini
	Eurytides salvini is the top image in this plate from William Chapman Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Eurytides
Species:	E. salvini
Binomial name
	Eurytides salvini; (Bates, 1864)
Synonyms
	Papilio salvini Bates, 1864 ; Papilio eacus Godman & Salvin, [1890] ; Eurytides salvini f. ochracea Beutelspacher, 1976 ;

Eurytides salvini, Salvin's kite swallowtail, is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm in southern Veracruz, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Chiapas (south-eastern Mexico), Belize and Verapaz (Guatemala).

Description

The black bands very much reduced, a narrow band in the middle of the cell, not extending beyond the median vein; under surface glossy white; hindwing with black-brown discal band which runs almost straight from the costal margin to the red anal spot. 1. and 2. subcostals of the forewing distally confluent with the costa. Guatemala, British Honduras and (doubtfully) Yucatán; most of the specimens in collections come from the woods in northern Verapaz, Guatemala.^[2]

Status

Uncommon. No known threats.^[3]

Etymology

The name honours Osbert Salvin.

References

^ Eurytides at Funet
^ Karl Jordan, 1916 Papilio In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the world,vol. 5: 617–738. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen [1] also available as pdf
^ Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

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[1] Eurytides at Funet

[2] Karl Jordan, 1916 Papilio In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the world,vol. 5: 617–738. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen [1] also available as pdf

[3] Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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