''Eurytides'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Papilionidae
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful Butterfly, butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includ ...
, found in North, Central, and South America.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Eurytides'':
Subgenus ''Bellerographium''
Möhn, 2002
* ''
Eurytides bellerophon''
(Dahlman, 1823)
Subgenus ''Eurytides''
* ''
Eurytides salvini''
(Bates, 1864) – Salvin's kite swallowtail
* ''
Eurytides columbus''
(Kollar, 1850)
* ''
Eurytides orabilis''
(Butler, 1872) – thick-edged kite swallowtail
* ''
Eurytides serville''
(Godart, 1824) – Serville swordtail
* ''
Eurytides callias''
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Callias kite swallowtail
* ''
Eurytides dolicaon''
(Cramer, 776 – dolicaon kite swallowtail
* ''
Eurytides iphitas''
Hübner, 821
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Year 821 (Roman numerals, DCCCXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
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Subgenus ''Neographium '' Möhn, 2002:
* '' Eurytides thyastes'' Drury, 1782) - Brazil
* '' Eurytides calliste'' (H. Bates, 1864), Yellow kite-swallowtail - Guatemala
* '' Eurytides dioxippus'' (Hewitson, 856, thick-bordered kite-swallowtail - Colombia
* '' Eurytides leucaspis'' (Godart, 1819) - Peru?
* '' Eurytides epidaus'' (E. Doubleday, 1846), Mexican kite-swallowtail - Mexico (Yucatan); Honduras
* '' Eurytides agesilaus'' (Guérin-Méneville & Percheron, 1835) - Mexico to Bolivia & Paraguay
* '' Eurytides × oberthueri'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 - Mexico, Honduras Theoretically a natural hydrid between ''E. agesilaus'' and ''E. philolaus''.
* '' Eurytides philolaus'' (Boisduval, 1836) – dark kite swallowtail - Texas, USA & northern Mexico to Colombia & Venezuela
* '' Eurytides zonaria'' (A. Butler, 1869), Hispaniolan kite-swallowtail - Hispaniola
* '' Eurytides anaxilaus'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865), small kite-swallowtail - Panama, northern Colombia, N Venezuela
* '' Eurytides celadon'' (Lucas, 1852), Cuban kite-swallowtail - Cuba & Isla de Juventud
* '' Eurytides marcellinus'' (E. Doubleday, 845, Jamaican kite-swallowtail - Jamaica
* '' Eurytides asius'' (Fabricius, 1781) - South America
Subgenus ''Boreographium'' Grishin, 2021
* '' Eurytides marcellus'' (Cramer, 1777), Zebra swallowtail - eastern USA & Canada
Some species have been moved to genus '' Mimoides''.
References
* Möhn, Edwin (2002). ''Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the World'' Part XIIII (14), Papilionidae VIII: Baronia, Euryades, Protographium, Neographium, Eurytides. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern:Goecke & Evers; Canterbury:Hillside Books. All species and subspecies are included, also most of the forms. Several females are shown the first time in colour.
Papilionidae
Papilionidae of South America
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa described in 1821
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