Battus ingenuus

Battus ingenuus
Dyar's Swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Battus
Species: B. ingenuus
Binomial name
Battus ingenuus
(Dyar, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Papilio ingenuus Dyar, 1907
  • Papilio latinus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861 preocc. (not Donovan, 1805)
  • Papilio belus f. chrysomaculatus Niepelt, 1915
  • Papilio belus camposia Schaus, 1928
  • Papilio belus chalceus f. ochracea Vázquez, 1957

Battus ingenuus is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is commonly known as Dyar's Swallowtail and the Confused Swallowtail.[1][2] It is found from southeastern Mexico to eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, and Ecuador.[1] The larvae feed on Aristolochia constricta.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Warren, A. D.; et al (2010). "Battus ingenuus". Butterflies of America. http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Battus_ingenuus_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. 9. ISBN 978-1-4243-0915-8. 
  3. ^ Savela, Markku. "Battus ingenuus". funet.fi. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/battus/index.html#ingenuus. 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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