Battus laodamas explained

Battus laodamas, the green-patch swallowtail or yellow-spotted swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.

Description

Battus laodamas has a wingspan of about . It is a black or dark brown butterfly with green reflections. The dorsal side of the hindwings shows a broad cream or pale green band and a series of cream or pale green spots. The underside of the wings is lighter brown, with a submarginal line of whitish spots on the forewings and a submarginal line of red markings on the hindwings. The forewings have a rounded apex and the outer edge of the hindwings is scalloped. The host plant of its caterpillars is Aristolochia tentaculata.

Distribution

This species is native to the Neotropical realm.^{[1] [2]} It is present in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.

Subspecies

• Battus laodamas laodamas (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 7, plate 10, figures 7-8, plate 19, figures 5-6.^[3] Smart, 1976 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World page 158 fig. 14 .^[4] Colombia - S.W. Venezuela
• Battus laodamas copanae (Reakirt, 1863) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 7, plate 10, figures 3-4. S. Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
• Battus laodamas iopas (Godman & Salvin, 1897) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 7, plate 10, figures 1-2 N. Mexico
• Battus laodamas rhipidius (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 7, plate 10, figures 5-6. Costa Rica, Panama

Further reading

• Book: Lamas . Gerardo . Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea . 2004 . Scientific Publishers, Inc . Gainesville, Florida . 0-945417-28-4 . 90.

External links

• Web site: Battus laodamas . Savela . Markku . funet.fi . 18 November 2010.
• Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

Notes and References

1. Web site: Battus laodamas . Warren . A. D. . 2010 . Butterflies of America . 24 January 2011. etal.
2. Book: Glassberg . Jeffrey . A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America . 2007 . Sunstreak Books Inc . 978-1-4243-0915-3 . 9.
3. Edwin Möhn, 2002 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part V (5), Papilionidae II:Battus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books.
4. Paul Smart, 1976 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World in Color.London, Salamander:Encyclopedie des papillons. Lausanne, Elsevier Sequoia (French language edition)