Mimoides ilus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Papilionidae Scientific name Mimoides ilus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Leptocircini Rank Species

Similar Mimoides, Mimoides phaon, Mimoides thymbraeus, Mimoides ariarathes, Mimoides pausanias

Mimoides ilus, the Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela. Little is known about this rare butterfly, but it is not considered threatened. The larvae of M. i. branchus feed on Annotata reticulata.

Subspecies

Mimoides ilus ilus (Fabricius, 1793) (Panama to northern Colombia and central Venezuela)

Mimoides ilus branchus (Doubleday, 1846) (eastern Mexico to northern Costa Rica)

Mimoides ilus occiduus (Vázquez, 1957) (western Mexico)

References

Mimoides ilus Wikipedia

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