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Papilio chiansiades

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Papilio chiansiades
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P. chiansiades
Binomial name
Papilio chiansiades
Westwood, 1872
Synonyms
  • Heraclides chiansiades
  • Papilio maroni

Papilio chiansiades is a swallowtail butterfly from the Papilioninae subfamily. It is found in the Neotropic ecozone (South America).

Description

On the upper surface of the forewing before the hindmargin a large yellowish white spot; on the hindwing posteriorly some red discal and submarginal spots, the spots of the two rows separated from one another; the tooth of the 3. radial prolonged into a short pointed tail.[1]

The wingspan is 52−55 mm.

Subspecies

  • Papilio chiansiades chiansiades (Ecuador)
  • Papilio chiansiades maroni Moreau, 1923 (French Guiana, Venezuela)
  • Papilio chiansiades dospassosi Rütimeyer, 1969 (Colombia)
  • Papilio chiansiades mossi (Brown, 1994) (Brazil)

References

  1. ^ Jordan, K., in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45
  • Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 24, figure 17.