Papilio chiansiades explained

Papilio chiansiades is a swallowtail butterfly from the Papilioninae subfamily. It is found in the Neotropical realm (South America).

Description

On the upper surface of the forewing before the hindmargin a large yellowish white spot; on the hindwing posteriorly some red discal and submarginal spots, the spots of the two rows separated from one another; the tooth of the 3. radial prolonged into a short pointed tail.^[1]

The wingspan is 52−55 mm.

Subspecies

• Papilio chiansiades chiansiades (Ecuador)
• Papilio chiansiades maroni Moreau, 1923 (French Guiana, Venezuela)
• Papilio chiansiades dospassosi Rütimeyer, 1969 (Colombia)
• Papilio chiansiades mossi (Brown, 1994) (Brazil)

References

• Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World Page 24, figure 17.

External links

• Book: Collins . N. Mark . Morris . Michael G. . Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book . 1985 . . Gland & Cambridge . 978-2-88032-603-6 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
• Butterfly Corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

Notes and References

1. Jordan, K., in Seitz, A. (1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45