Papilio chiansiades

Papilio chiansiades
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. chiansiades
Binomial name
	Papilio chiansiades; Westwood, 1872
Synonyms
	Heraclides chiansiades; Papilio maroni;

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.^[1]

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[]

^ Jordan, K., in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45

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

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[1] Jordan, K., in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45

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