- Source: Papilio chiansiades
Papilio chiansiades is a swallowtail butterfly from the Papilioninae subfamily. It is found in the Neotropical realm (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.
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
Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 24, figure 17.
External links
Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Butterfly Corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Papilio chiansiades
- Papilio
- Papilio maroni
- Papilio isidorus
- List of butterflies of the Amazon River basin and the Andes
- List of butterflies of French Guiana
- List of butterflies of Colombia
