Papilio chiansiades

Papilio chiansiades
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. chiansiades
Binomial name
Papilio chiansiades
Westwood, 1872
Synonyms
  • Heraclides chiansiades
  • Papilio maroni

Papilio chiansiades is a swallowtail butterfly from the Papilioninae subfamily. It is found in the Neotropic ecozone (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

References

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

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