Eurytides epidaus
Appearance
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The Mexican Kite Swallowtail or Long-tailed Kite Swallowtail (Protographium epidaus) is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Mexico and Central America.
The larvae feed on Annona reticulata and Rollinia species
Subspecies
There are three recognised subspecies:
- Protographium epidaus epidaus (southern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Puebla, Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán, Quintana Roo, N.Oaxaca, N.Chiapas), Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
- Protographium epidaus tepicus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) western Mexico: Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima)
- Protographium epidaus fenochionis (Salvin & Godman, 1868) (south-western Mexico: Michoacán, Guerrero, Morelos, Oaxac, S.Veracruz, Chiapas)
References
Further reading
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- 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.