Eurytides dioxippus is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm.[2]
Subspecies
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E. d. dioxippus - Panama to Colombia
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E. d. marae (Racheli, Bollino & Sala, 1990) - south-western Venezuela: Tachira, Barinas
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E. d. diores (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) - Colombia, Ecuador: Napo, Peru, Bolivia: Mapiri
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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.[3]
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.[4]
Status
Restricted range but common and not threatened [5]
Further reading
D'Abrera, B. (1981). Butterflies of the Neotropical Region. Part I. Papilionidae and Pieridae. Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne, xvi + 172 pp.
- D'Almeida, R.F. (1965). Catalogo dos Papilionidae Americanos. Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia. São Paulo, Brasil.
- Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906). A revision of the American Papilios. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 411-752. online (and as pdf) (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967).
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