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Battus devilliersii
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B. devilliersii
Binomial name
Battus devilliersii
(Godart, 1823)
Synonyms
  • Papilio devilliersii Godart, 1823
  • Battus devilliers
  • Battus (Battus) devilliersi Möhn, 1999

Battus devilliersii is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Cuba and the Bahamas.

Description

Tailed. Forewing with a submarginal row of whitespots ; hind-wing on the upper surface with a submarginal band, and on the under with one or more silver spots.

Biology

The larvae feed on Aristolochia elegans.[1]

References

  • Edwin Möhn, 2002 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part V (5), Papilionidae II:Battus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books.ISBN 978-3-931374-70-9 Illustrates and identifies 14 species and 49 subspecies.Plate 1, figures 5-8.
  • Smart, 1976 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World in Color.London, Salamander:Encyclopedie des papillons. Lausanne, Elsevier Sequoia (French language edition)ISBN 9780948427046 ISBN 0600313816 page 158 fig. 12, underside (Cuba).