Eurytides leucaspis explained
Eurytides leucaspis is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm.
Taxonomy
There are two subspecies recognised:
- E. l. leucaspis - northern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, northern Peru, Bolivia
- E. l. lamidis Brown & Lamas, 1994 - western Venezuela (Tachira), Colombia
Description
Eurytides leucaspis can reach a wingspan of almost . These large butterflies have a frons entirely brownish black. The abdomen is yellowish beneath. The wings have a common triangular green-yellow area, and a brown marginal area with blackish hues parallel to the margin.
lamis R.& J. The posterior cell-spots of the forewing is large, very distinct also beneath.
leucaspis Godt. The cell-spots of the forewing is smaller, usually only indicated beneath, the two outer posterior cell-spots arte more widely separated from one another.[1]
Distribution
This species is present in Colombia, eastern Ecuador, northern Peru, Bolivia and western Venezuela.
Status
Common and not threatened.[2]
Further reading
- D'Abrera, B. (1981). Butterflies of the Neotropical Region. Part I. Papilionidae and Pieridae. Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne, xvi + 172 pp.
- D'Almeida, R.F. (1965). Catalogo dos Papilionidae Americanos. Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia. São Paulo, Brasil.
- Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906). A revision of the American Papilios. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 411-752. online (and as pdf) (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967).
- Tyler, H. A.; Brown Jr., K. S.; Wilson, K. H. (1994) Swallowtail Butterflies of the Americas. A Study in Biological Dynamics, Ecological Diversity, Biosystematics, and Conservation., Tyler, H. A.; Brown Jr., K. S.; Wilson, K. H. (1994) Swallowtail Butterflies of the Americas. A Study in Biological Dynamics, Ecological Diversity, Biosystematics, and Conservation., Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, Florida.
External links
Notes and References
- Karl Jordan, 1916 Papilio In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the world,vol. 5: 617–738. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126193#page/7/mode/1up also available as pdf
- Book: Collins . N. Mark . Morris . Michael G. . 1985 . Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book . . Gland & Cambridge . 978-2-88032-603-6 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
