Mimoides ilus
| Ilus swallowtail | |
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| M. i. branchus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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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| Synonyms | |
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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
- 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
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
- ^ a b c d Warren, A. D.; et al. (2010). "Mimoides ilus". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- ^ Glassberg, Jeffrey (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-4243-0915-3.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Mimoides ilus". funet.fi. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- ^
Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 23, figure 12 (as E. belesis).
Further reading
- Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 89. ISBN 0-945417-28-4.
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