Eurytides
Eurytides is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae, found in North, Central, and South America.
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| Eurytides marcellus | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Tribe: | Leptocircini |
| Genus: | Eurytides Hübner, [1821] |
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Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Eurytides:[1][2][3]
Subgenus Bellerographium Möhn, 2002
- Eurytides bellerophon (Dahlman, 1823)
Subgenus Eurytides
- Eurytides salvini (Bates, 1864) – Salvin's kite swallowtail
- Eurytides columbus (Kollar, 1850)
- Eurytides orabilis (Butler, 1872) – thick-edged kite swallowtail
- Eurytides serville (Godart, 1824) – Serville swordtail
- Eurytides callias (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Callias kite swallowtail
- Eurytides dolicaon (Cramer, [1776]) – dolicaon kite swallowtail
- Eurytides iphitas Hübner, [1821] – yellow kite swallowtail
Subgenus Neographium Möhn, 2002:
- Eurytides epidaus (E. Doubleday, 1846), Mexican kite-swallowtail - Mexico (Yucatan); Honduras
- Eurytides agesilaus (Guérin-Méneville & Percheron, 1835) - Colombia
- Eurytides marcellus (Cramer, 1777), Zebra swallowtail - eastern USA & Canada
- Eurytides philolaus (Boisduval, 1836) – dark kite swallowtail - Texas, USA & northern Mexico to Colombia & Venezuela
- Eurytides zonaria (A. Butler, 1869), Hispaniolan kite-swallowtail - Hispaniola
- Eurytides anaxilaus (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865), small kite-swallowtail - Panama, northern Colombia, N Venezuela
- Eurytides celadon (Lucas, 1852), Cuban kite-swallowtail - Cuba & Isla de Juventud
- Eurytides marcellinus (E. Doubleday, [1845]), Jamaican kite-swallowtail - Jamaica
- Eurytides thyastes Drury, 1782) - Brazil
- Eurytides calliste (H. Bates, 1864), Yellow kite-swallowtail - Guatemala
- Eurytides dioxippus (Hewitson, [1856]), thick-bordered kite-swallowtail - Colombia
- Eurytides leucaspis (Godart, 1819) - Peru?
- Eurytides asius (Fabricius, 1781) - South America
Some species have been moved to genus Mimoides.
References
- "Papilionidae of the Americas 21-XI-2017". www.butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- "A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada by Jonathan P. Pelham". www.butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Eurytides)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- 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.
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