''Mimoides'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
in the family
Papilionidae
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful 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 includes the larges ...
. The species native to the
Americas were formerly in genus ''
Eurytides''.
Species
* ''
Mimoides ariarathes''
(Esper, 1788)
* ''
Mimoides euryleon''
(Hewitson, 856
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Year 856 (Roman numerals, DCCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* March 15 – Emperor Michael III overthrows the reg ...
– false cattleheart swallowtail
* ''
Mimoides ilus''
(Fabricius, 1793) – Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail
* ''
Mimoides lysithous''
(Hübner, 821
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Year 821 ( DCCCXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Byzantine general Thomas the Slav leads a revolt, and secures control ...
* ''
Mimoides microdamas''
(Burnmeister, 1878)
* ''
Mimoides pausanias''
(Hewitson, 1852) – bluish mimic-swallowtail or Pausanias swallowtail
* ''
Mimoides phaon''
(Boisduval, 1836) – variable swallowtail or red-sided swallowtail
* ''
Mimoides protodamas''
(Godart, 1819)
* ''
Mimoides thymbraeus''
(Boisduval, 1836) – white-crescent swallowtail
* ''
Mimoides xeniades''
(Hewitson, 1867)
* ''
Mimoides xynias''
(Hewitson, 1875)
References
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External links
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Papilionidae
Papilionidae of South America
Butterfly genera
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