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Papilio alexiares

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Papilio alexiares
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. alexiares
Binomial name
Papilio alexiares
Höpffer, 1866

Papilio alexiares, the Mexican tiger swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Mexico and southern Texas.[1]

Subspecies

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  • Papilio alexiares alexiares (east-central Mexico)
  • Papilio alexiares garcia Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 north-eastern Mexico, western Texas

Taxonomy

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It is sometimes listed as a subspecies of Papilio glaucus.[2]

References

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