Mimoides thymbraeus

Mimoides thymbraeus
White-crescent Swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Leptocircini
Genus: Mimoides
Species: M. thymbraeus
Binomial name
Mimoides thymbraeus
(Boisduval, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Papilio thymbraeus Boisduval, 1836
  • Papilio thymbraeus ab. pallida (Vázquez, 1949)

Mimoides thymbraeus is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is commonly known as the White-crescent Swallowtail. It is found from Mexico to El Salvador and Honduras,[1][2] where it is widespread and common.[3]

Subspecies

  • Mimoides thymbraeus thymbraeus (Boisduval, 1836) (southeastern Mexico to El Salvador and Honduras)[1]
  • Mimoides thymbraeus aconophos (Gray [1853]) (western Mexico)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Warren, A. D.; et al (2010). "Mimoides thymbraeus". Butterflies of America. http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Mimoides_thymbraeus_a.htm. Retrieved 24 December 2010. 
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Mimoides thymbraeus". funet.fi. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/mimoides/index.html#thymbraeus. Retrieved 24 December 2010. 
  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. 49. ISBN 9782880326036. 

Further reading

  • Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainsville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. pp. 89–90. ISBN 0-945417-28-4. 


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