Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Papilionidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Eurytides | |
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Similar Eurytides dolicaon, Eurytides, Eurytides bellerophon, Eurytides orabilis, Battus crassus | ||
Mariposas de venezuela mariposa de barinas eurytides serville
Eurytides serville is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical ecozone.
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Description
Forewing with broad black cell-band, which runs obliquely from the costal margin to the marginal area, being united with the latter. In the forewing the first and send subcostal distally confluent with the costa, the second subcostal rarely free. No red or yellow band is present on the under surface of the hindwing. In E. s. acritus the spots on head and breast small, also the yellowish lateral stripe of the abdomen reduced, these markings sometimes absent; cell of the hindwing usually without blackish streaks. E. s. serville spots on breast and head always present, abdomen with two yellowish stripes on each side, of which the upper one is broad; cell-streaks of the forewing distinct, the subapical area of the cell always shaded with brown; the pale patches before the margin of the hindwing, on the under surface, more distinct than in E. s. acritus.
Subspecies
Status
Common. No known threats.
Taxonomy
Possibly conspecific with Eurytides columbus.