Eurytides dioxippus facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Eurytides dioxippus
Scientific classification
Synonyms
List Papilio dioxippus Hewitson, 1856 Papilio (Cosmodesmus) ab. drueti Dufrane, 1946 Eurytides dioxippus marae Racheli, Bollino & Sala, 1990 Papilio lacandones diores Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio pausanias Fruhstorfer, 1938 (preocc. Hewitson, 1852) Papilio lacandones Bates, 1864 Protographium dioxippus (Hewitson, 1856)

Eurytides dioxippus is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm.

Subspecies

• E. d. dioxippus - Panama to Colombia
• E. d. marae (Racheli, Bollino & Sala, 1990) - south-western Venezuela: Tachira, Barinas
• E. d. diores (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) - Colombia, Ecuador: Napo, Peru, Bolivia: Mapiri
• E. d. lacandones (Bates, 1864), the thick-border kite swallowtail - south-western Mexico: Veracruz, eastern Chiapas, Guatemala to Costa Rica, western Panama. Often sold to collectors.

Description

Wings on the upper surface with common green-yellow triangular area; forewing with vestiges of costal bands; hindwing with 2 red spots at the anal angle. Very common in Bogota-collections; Valleys of the Gauca, Magdalena and Meta Rivers, at moderate elevations.

Status

Restricted range but common and not threatened

See also

In Spanish: Protographium dioxippus para niños