Eurytides zonaria

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Eurytides zonaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Eurytides
Species:
E. zonaria
Binomial name
Eurytides zonaria
(Butler, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio zonaria Butler, [1870]
  • Neographium zonaria (Butler, 1869)
  • Protographium zonaria (Butler, 1869)

Eurytides zonaria is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic).

Description[edit]

The pale bands narrow; the 4. and 5. pale green cell-bands of the forewing continuous with the discal band, narrow, separated from one another.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Protographium at funet
  2. ^ Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45

Further reading[edit]

  • Edwin Möhn, 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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