Mimoides protodamas
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| Mounted specimen of Mimoides protodamas on display at Museo di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi, Bergamo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Tribe: | Leptocircini |
| Genus: | Mimoides |
| Species: | M. protodamas |
| Binomial name | |
| Mimoides protodamas (Godart , 1819) | |
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Mimoides protodamas is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. The common name is False Polysticto, with reference to the similarity of this species with Battus polystictus.
Description
Mimoides protodamas has a wingspan reaching 70–80 millimetres (2.8–3.1 in). It is a black butterfly with rounded apex and concave outer edge of the forewings, while the outer edge of the hind wings is scalloped. The dorsal sides of the wings shows a series of whitish-bluish markings.
Distribution
This species can be found in the Neotropical ecozone, in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
Gallery
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Illustration from Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge Vol. 2 - Jacob Hübner, [1821]
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Illustration from Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge Vol. 2 - Jacob Hübner, [1821]
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Mimoides protodamas on display at the Museo de La Plata
References
- Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf
- Boisduval, [J. B. A.] (1836) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. Tome Premier., Boisduval, [J. B. A.] (1836) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. Tome Premier. xii, 690, 6 pp.; 24 pls., Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris
- Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). Catalogue of Life
- GloBIS (GART): Global Butterfly Information System. Häuser C., Holstein J. & Steiner A. (eds), 2008-11-23
External links
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