Eurytides

Eurytides
Eurytides marcellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Subfamily:	Papilioninae
Tribe:	Leptocircini
Genus:	Eurytides Hübner, [1821]
Synonyms
Bellerographium Möhn, 2002

Eurytides is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae, found in North, Central, and South America.

Species

Listed alphabetically with groups:

Subgenus Bellerographium Möhn, 2002:

• Eurytides bellerophon (Dahlman, 1823)

Subgenus Eurytides:

• The salvini species-group:
  • Eurytides salvini (Bates, 1864) – Salvin's kite swallowtail
• The orabilis species-group:
  • Eurytides columbus (Kollar, 1850)
  • Eurytides orabilis (Butler, 1872) – thick-edged kite swallowtail
  • Eurytides serville (Godart, 1824) – Serville swordtail
• The dolicaon species-group:
  • Eurytides callias (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Callias kite swallowtail
  • Eurytides dolicaon (Cramer, [1776]) – dolicaon kite swallowtail
  • Eurytides iphitas Hübner, [1821] – yellow kite swallowtail

Ungrouped:

• Eurytides celadon (Lucas, 1852) – Cuban kite swallowtail
• Eurytides epidaus (Doubleday, 1846) – Mexican kite swallowtail

Three species formerly classed in Eurytides are now thought to belong to Protographium; these are:

• Protographium marcellinus (Doubleday, 1845) – Jamaican kite, formerly E. marcellinus
• Protographium marcellus (Cramer, 1777) – zebra swallowtail, formerly E. marcellus
• Protographium philolaus (Boisduval, 1836) – dark kite swallowtail, formerly E. philolaus

Some species have been moved to genus Mimoides.

References

• 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.