Eurytides dioxippus

Eurytides dioxippus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Eurytides
Species:	E. dioxippus
Binomial name
	Eurytides dioxippus; (Hewitson, [1856])
Synonyms
	List Papilio dioxippus Hewitson, 1856; Papilio (Cosmodesmus) ab. drueti Dufrane, 1946; Eurytides dioxippus marae Racheli, Bollino & Sala, 1990; Papilio lacandones diores Rothschild & Jordan, 1906; Papilio pausanias Fruhstorfer, 1938 (preocc. Hewitson, 1852); Papilio lacandones Bates, 1864; Protographium dioxippus (Hewitson, 1856);

Eurytides dioxippus is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm.^[2]

Subspecies

E. d. dioxippus - Panama to Colombia
E. d. marae (Racheli, Bollino & Sala, 1990) - south-western Venezuela: Tachira, Barinas
E. d. diores (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) - Colombia, Ecuador: Napo, Peru, Bolivia: Mapiri
E. d. lacandones (Bates, 1864), the thick-border kite swallowtail - south-western Mexico: Veracruz, eastern Chiapas, Guatemala to Costa Rica, western Panama. Often sold to collectors.^[3]

Description

Wings on the upper surface with common green-yellow triangular area; forewing with vestiges of costal bands; hindwing with 2 red spots at the anal angle. Very common in Bogota-collections; Valleys of the Gauca, Magdalena and Meta Rivers, at moderate elevations.^[4]

Status

Restricted range but common and not threatened ^[5]

References

^ Protographium at Funet
^ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Eurytides dioxippus)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
^ "Specimens-Eurytides dioxippus lacandones". Esperanza Insects - Hope for Insects. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
^ 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

Butterflies of the Americas dioxippus images
Butterflies of the Americas lacandones images

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[1] Protographium at Funet

[2] taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Eurytides dioxippus)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-08.

[3] "Specimens-Eurytides dioxippus lacandones". Esperanza Insects - Hope for Insects. Retrieved 2015-03-05.

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

[5] 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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