Mimoides ilus
| Ilus swallowtail | |
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| File:MimoidesIlusBranchusUpUnAC1.jpg | |
| M. i. branchus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Mimoides |
| Species: | M. ilus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mimoides ilus (Fabricius, 1793)
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Mimoides ilus, the Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela.[1][2] Little is known about this rare butterfly, but it is not considered threatened.[3] The larvae of M. i. branchus feed on Annotata reticulata.[4]
Subspecies
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- Mimoides ilus ilus (Fabricius, 1793) (Panama to northern Colombia and central Venezuela)[1]
- Mimoides ilus branchus (Doubleday, 1846) (eastern Mexico to northern Costa Rica)[1]
- Mimoides ilus occiduus (Vázquez, 1957) (western Mexico)[1]
Description from Seitz
[edit | edit source]P. ilus F. (= hostilius Fldr.; guaco Stgr. (14a). Male and female: under surface without red basal spots on the forewing, with 4 red basal spots on the hindwing. Forewing with or without a patch in the extremity of the cell, with 2 or 3 white spots on the disc, the posterior one, placed behind the 3. median, the largest. North Venezuela, Northern Colombia, Panama; rare in collections.[5]
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Seitz Plate 14 belesisand branchus
References
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- ^ Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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Further reading
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