Eurytides Explained

Eurytides is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae, found in North, Central, and South America.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Eurytides:^{[1] [2] [3]}

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, [1776]) – dolicaon kite swallowtail
• Eurytides iphitas Hübner, [1821] – yellow kite swallowtail

Subgenus Neographium Möhn, 2002:

• Eurytides thyastes Drury, 1782) - Brazil
• Eurytides calliste (H. Bates, 1864), Yellow kite-swallowtail - Guatemala
• Eurytides dioxippus (Hewitson, [1856]), 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, [1845]), 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Papilionidae of the Americas 21-XI-2017 . 2022-12-08 . www.butterfliesofamerica.com.
2. Web site: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada by Jonathan P. Pelham . 2022-12-08 . www.butterfliesofamerica.com.
3. Web site: taxonomy . Taxonomy browser (Eurytides) . 2022-12-08 . www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.