Protographium epidaus

Protographium epidaus
Protographium epidaus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Protographium
Species: P. epidaus
Binomial name
Protographium epidaus
(Doubleday, 1846)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio epidaus Doubleday, 1846
  • Eurytides epidaus
  • Neographium epidaus
  • Papilio fenochionis Salvin & Godman, 1868

The Mexican Kite Swallowtail or Long-tailed Kite Swallowtail (Protographium epidaus) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in Mexico and Central America.

The wingspan is 40–45 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Annona reticulata and Rollinia species

Subspecies

There are three recognised subspecies:

  • Protographium epidaus epidaus (southern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Puebla, Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, N.Oaxaca, N.Chiapas), Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
  • Protographium epidaus tepicus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) western Mexico: Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima)
  • Protographium epidaus fenochionis (Salvin & Godman, 1868) (south-western Mexico: Michoacán, Guerrero, Morelos, Oaxac, S.Veracruz, Chiapas)

References

  1. ^ Protographium at funet
  2. ^ Species of Costa Rica
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