Battus eracon

Battus eracon
West-Mexican Swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Battus
Species: B. eracon
Binomial name
Battus eracon
(Godman & Salvin, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Papilio eracon Godman & Salvin, 1897
  • Papilio eracon f. ochracea Vázquez, 1953 preocc. (not Rousseau-Decelle, 1933)
  • Papilio eracon ab. incolorus Vázquez, 1957

Battus eracon is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is commonly known as the West-Mexican Swallowtail and the Colima Swallowtail.[1][2] It is found in western Mexico where it is local and uncommon.[3] The larvae feed on Aristolochia tentaculata.[4]

References

  1. ^ Warren, A. D.; et al (2010). "Battus eracon". Butterflies of America. http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Battus_eracon_a.htm. Retrieved 24 January 2011. 
  2. ^ Glassberg, Jeffrey (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4243-0915-8. 
  3. ^ Collins, N. Mark; Collins, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtails of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN Protected Area Programme Series. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K.: IUCN. p. 66. ISBN 9782880326036. 
  4. ^ Savela, Markku. "Battus eracon". funet.fi. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/battus/index.html#eracon. Retrieved 24 January 2011. 

Further reading

  • Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainsville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 90. ISBN 0-945417-28-4. 
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