Papilio alexiares
| Papilio alexiares | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. alexiares |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio alexiares Höpffer, 1866 | |
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]
References
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