Eurytides agesilaus

Description

Family Papilionidae

'The Papilionidae belong to the Superfamily Papilionoidea, the true butterflies. Swallowtails are worldwide in distribution and comprise approximately 560 species. They are richest in the tropics, and their brilliant colors make them favorites of butterfly enthusiasts. Many swallowtail species, especially in the tropics, mimic other butterflies that are distasteful, while others are distasteful and cause birds and other vertebrate predators to regurgitate. Swallowtail adults are medium to large and may or may not have tails, while parnassian adults are medium, tailless, and have translucent wings. All adult parnassians and swallowtails have three pairs of walking legs , and adults of all species visit flowers for nectar.

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Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata () - Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata () - Heymons, 1901
        Superclass: Panhexapoda ()
        Epiclass: Hexapoda ()
        Class: Insecta () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
        Subclass: Dicondylia ()
        Infraclass: Pterygota ()
        Cohort: Myoglossata ()
        Order: Lepidoptera () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
        Infraorder: Heteroneura ()
        Family: Papilionidae () - Latreille, 1809 - Swallowtails
        Genus: Eurytides ()
        Specific name: agesilaus
        Scientific name: - Eurytides agesilaus

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Eurytides

There are approximately 237 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

E. abboti · E. acestes · E. aconopheus · E. aconophos · E. acritus · E. aedippus · E. agathosilaus · E. agesilaus · E. agesilaus autosilaus · E. ajax · E. albicans · E. albida · E. albofasciatus · E. anargus · E. anatmus · E. anaxilaus · E. androna · E. androtypa · E. anemos · E. annonae · E. arcesilaus · E. archesilaus · E. arianus · E. ariaranthes · E. ariarathes · E. ariarathes gayi · E. ariavanthes · E. aristagoras · E. aristogiton · E. asius · E. astyagas · E. athous · E. belephantes · E. belesis · E. bellerophon · E. boliviana · E. branchus · E. brevifasciatus · E. broweri · E. burtoni · E. callias (Callias Kite Swallowtail) · E. calliste · E. celadon · E. celulata · E. charoba · E. chibcha · E. choridamas · E. claudius · E. cleombrotus · E. clusoculis · E. columbus · E. concoloratus · E. confluens · E. coresilaus · E. cubensis · E. curupira · E. cyamon · E. dariensis · E. deicoon · E. deileon · E. diaphorus · E. dieicaon · E. dijones · E. diores · E. diotimus · E. dioxippus · E. dolicaon (Dolicaon Kite Swallowtail) · E. dolicaon deileon · E. dolius · E. domitor · E. draconarius · E. drueti · E. duodecimus · E. eacus · E. earis · E. eburneomaculatus · E. embrikstrandi · E. enervulata · E. epidaus (Guatemalan Kite-Swallowtail) · E. epidaus epidaus · E. eridamas · E. eumelea · E. eupatorion · E. euryleon · E. euryleon clusoculis · E. evagoras · E. extendatus · E. felicis · E. fenochionis · E. floridensis · E. frustulum · E. fulva · E. gaesatius · E. gayi · E. glaucolaus · E. glaucolaus leucas · E. guaco · E. haenschi · E. haeterius · E. halese

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Notes

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.

Identifiers

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14779665
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1443798

Footnotes

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=14&sci=Papilionidae&com=Parnassians and Swallowtails [back]