- Source: Eurytides philolaus
Eurytides philolaus, the dark zebra swallowtail or dark kite-swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found from southern Texas to northern South America.
The wingspan is 90–95 mm.
"Antenna black; the 7. pale green band of the forewing only represented by a spot; hindwing with 2 red spots posteriorly; on the under surface the red line of the hindwing edged with black at both sides, undulate anteriorly. Scent-scales of the male short, broad, irregular, produced in a number of filaments. The female is in 2 forms: female f. philolaus Boisd. similar to the male, the underside paler, female f. niger Eimer (nigrescens Eimer; felicis Fruhst.) the pale green bands of the membrane of the wings scaled with black, the wings therefore black with slight traces of the bands."
Biology
The butterfly is found in low situations, often resting in crowds on the sand at the edge of rivers. The larvae feed on Annonaceae species.
Subspecies
There are two recognised subspecies:
Eurytides philolaus philolaus (Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, southern Texas)
Eurytides philolaus xanticles (Bates, 1863) (Panama, northern Colombia, northern Venezuela)
References
Further reading
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.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Eurytides philolaus
- Eurytides
- List of butterflies of Texas
- Eurytides agesilaus fortis
- List of butterflies of Mexico
- List of butterflies of North America (Papilionidae)
- List of Lepidoptera of Honduras
- List of butterflies of Belize
