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Battus polydamas, also known as the gold rim swallowtail, the Polydamas swallowtail or the tailless swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 10th edition of Systema Naturae, published in 1758.




Description


The wingspan is 90 to 120 mm (3.5 to 4.7 in) without the tail. The top of the wings are black with a broad submarginal band formed by large yellow spots. The undersides of the forewings have the same pattern, while the hindwings have a submarginal row of red lunules. This butterfly flies from April to November in three generations in the north of its range, throughout the year in several generations in the tropics. The larvae feed on Aristolochia plant species.




Distribution


It is found in the Neotropical realm throughout Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and the southern United States (in Texas and Florida).




Habitat


Battus polydamas is mainly present in open woods and abandoned fields.




Subspecies


The species is divided into the following subspecies:

†B. p. antiquus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Antigua (extinct)
B. p. archidamas (Boisduval, 1836) – Chile
B. p. atahualpa Racheli & Pischedda, 1987 – Peru
B. p. cebriones (Dalman, 1823) - Martinique
B. p. christopheranus (Hall, 1936) - Saint Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat (possibly extinct)
B. p. cubensis (Dufrane, 1946) – Cuba (including Isla de la Juventud), Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman)
B. p. dominicus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Dominica
B. p. grenadensis (Hall, 1930) - Grenada, possibly southern Grenadines

B. p. jamaicensis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Jamaica
B. p. lucayus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Florida, Bahamas
B. p. lucianus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – St. Lucia (possibly extinct)
B. p. neodamas (Lucas, 1852) – Guadeloupe
B. p. peruanus (Fuchs, 1954) – Peru
B. p. polycrates (Hopffer, 1865) – Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic)

B. p. polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758) – tropical Central and South America
B. p. psittacus (Molina, 1782) – Chile, Argentina
B. p. renani Lamas, 1998 – Peru
B. p. streckerianus (Honrath, 1884) – Peru
B. p. thyamus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Puerto Rico (including Culebra), Virgin Islands
B. p. vincentius (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
B. p. xenodamas (Hübner, 1825) – Martinique
B. p. weyrauchi Lamas, 1998 – Peru




See also


List of butterflies of Jamaica




References



Mathew, G. F. (1877). "Life history of Papilio archidamas". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 14 (163): 152–153.
Brown, F. Martin & Heineman, Bernard. Jamaica and its Butterflies. (E. W. Classey, London 1972), plate VIII
Smart, Paul (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 159 fig. 19 as B. archidamas Bsdv., underside (Chile), fig. 17 as polydamas (Mexico).




External links



Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Polydamas Swallowtail Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
Polydamas swallowtail on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

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• List of butterflies of Jamaica
• Hypothetical species