Mimoides xynias

Mimoides xynias

Plate accompanying Hewitson's original description in Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, 1875
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Mimoides
Species:	M. xynias
Binomial name
*Mimoides xynias* (Hewitson, 1875)
Synonyms
Papilio xynias Hewitson, 1875 Eurytides xynias Papilio trapeza f. trapezoides Niepelt, 1913 Papilio trapeza Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio harmodius xeniades ♀-f. androna Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio xynias xisuthrus Niepelt, 1908 Papilio trapeza concoloratus Joicey & Talbot, 1922

Mimoides xynias is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical ecozone.

Subspecies

M. x. xynias Peru, Bolivia
M. x. trapeza (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) Ecuador

References

Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf

External links

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