''Battus polydamas'', also known as the gold rim swallowtail, the Polydamas swallowtail or the tailless swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', published in 1758.

Description

The wingspan is without the tail. The top of the wings are black with a broad submarginal band formed by large yellow spots. The undersides of the forewings have the same pattern, while the hindwings have a submarginal row of red lunules. This butterfly flies from April to November in three generations in the north of its range, throughout the year in several generations in the tropics. The larvae feed on ''

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Distribution

It is found in the Neotropical realm of South America, the southeastern U.S., and Mexico.

Habitat

''Battus polydamas'' is mainly present in open woods and abandoned fields.

Subspecies

The species is divided into the following subspecies: Battus polydamas antiquus 1

* '' B. p. antiquus'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) –

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* ''B. p. archidamas'' (Boisduval,1836) – Chile * B. ''p''. ''atahualpa'' Racheli & Pischedda, 1987 – Peru * ''B. p. cebriones'' (Dalman, 1823) * ''B. p. christopheranus'' (Hall, 1936) * ''B. p. cubensis'' (Dufrane, 1946) – Cuba * ''B. p. dominicus'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) –

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* ''B. p. grenadensis'' (Hall, 1930) * ''B. p. jamaicensis'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Jamaica * ''B. p. lucayus'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Bahamas * ''B. p. lucianus'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – St. Lucia * ''B. p. neodamas'' (Lucas, 1852) –

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* ''B. p. peruanus'' (Fuchs, 1954) – Peru * ''B. p. polycrates'' (Hopffer, 1865) – Haïti, Dominican Republic Polydamas swallowtail (Battus polydamas polydamas)

* ''B. p. polydamas'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – tropical South America * ''B. p. psittacus'' (Molina, 1782) – Argentina * ''B. p. renani'' Lamas, 1998 – Peru * ''B. p. streckerianus'' (Honrath, 1884) – Peru * ''B. p. thyamus'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands * ''B. p. vincentius'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) * ''B. p. xenodamas'' (Hübner, 1825) – Martinique * ''B. p. weyrauchi'' Lamas, 1998 – Peru

References

* Mathew, G. F. (1877). "Life history of ''Papilio archidamas''". ''

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''. 14 (163): 152–153. * Brown, F. Martin & Heineman, Bernard. ''Jamaica and its Butterflies''. (E. W. Classey, London 1972), plate VIII * Smart, Paul (1976). ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World in Color''. London, Salamander: ''Encyclopedie des papillons''. Lausanne, Elsevier Sequoia (French language edition) page 159 fig. 19 as ''B. archidamas'' Bsdv., underside (Chile), fig. 17 as ''polydamas'' (Mexico).

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