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Papilio chiansiades

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Family
  
Papilionidae

Scientific name
  
Papilio chiansiades

Phylum
  
Order
  
Genus
  
Papilio

Rank
  
Species

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

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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.

The wingspan is 52−55 mm.

Subspecies

  • Papilio chiansiades chiansiades (Ecuador)
  • Papilio chiansiades maroni Moreau, 1923 (French Guiana, Venezuela)
  • Papilio chiansiades dospassosi Rütimeyer, 1969 (Colombia)
  • Papilio chiansiades mossi (Brown, 1994) (Brazil)
  • References

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