Papilio anchisiades

Ruby-spotted Swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Division: Rhopalocera
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. anchisiades
Binomial name
Papilio anchisiades
Esper, 1788[1]
Subspecies

6 sspp., see text

Synonyms
  • Papilio anchises Stoll, 1780, not Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio hipponous Hübner, [1819]
  • Papilio archelaus Godart, 1819
  • Papilio theramenes C. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Heraclides matusiki Johnson & Rozycki, 1986
  • Papilio isidorus Bates, 1861 (preocc. Doubleday, 1846)
  • Papilio pompeius Kirby, 1871 (preocc. Fabricius, 1781)
  • Heraclides isidorus
  • Priamides anchisiades
  • Heraclides anchisiades
  • Papilio idaeus Fabricius, 1793
  • Papilio pandion Bates, 1861
  • Papilio pandion C. & R. Felder, 1865
  • Papilio pandonius Staudinger, 1894
  • Papilio evander Godart, 1819 (preocc. Stoll, 1780)

The Ruby-spotted Swallowtail[1][2] or Red-spotted Swallowtail[3] (Papilio anchisiades) is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found from southern Texas south to Argentina. A rare stray can be found up to Kansas, south-eastern Arizona, and western Texas.

The wingspan is 70–100 mm. There are several generations per year with adults on wing from May to October.

The larvae feed on various species of the Rutaceae family, including Citrus, Casimiroa, and Zanthoxylum species. The adults feed on flower nectar.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[3]

Gallery

References

Other reading

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