Papilio alexiares explained

Papilio alexiares, the Mexican tiger swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Mexico and southern Texas.^[1]

Subspecies

• Papilio alexiares alexiares (east-central Mexico)
• Papilio alexiares garcia Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 north-eastern Mexico, western Texas

Taxonomy

It is sometimes listed as a subspecies of Papilio glaucus.^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Papilio_alexiares_a.htm Butterflies of America
2. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio/index.html Papilio at Funet