en Mimoides xynias

Mimoides xynias
	M. x. xynias - Chapare, Bolivia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Mimoides
Species:	M. xynias
Binomial name
	Mimoides xynias; (Hewitson, 1875)
Synonyms
	Papilio xynias Hewitson, 1875; Eurytides xynias; Papilio trapeza f. trapezoides Niepelt, 1913; Papilio trapeza Rothschild & Jordan, 1906; Papilio harmodius xeniades ♀-f. androna Rothschild & Jordan, 1906; Papilio xynias xisuthrus Niepelt, 1908; Papilio trapeza concoloratus Joicey & Talbot, 1922;

Mimoides xynias is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm.

Subspecies

M. x. xynias Peru, Bolivia
M. x. trapeza (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) Ecuador

Description from Seitz

P. xynias Hew. (13 c). Forewing with large pale green area at the hindmargin; hindwing acutely dentate, with short, narrow tail and a few red discal spots posteriorly. Beneath the forewing has a white, very faintly- green hindmarginal spot, which is smaller than the spot on the upper surface. No scent-scales. Female not known. — Eastern slopes of the Andes of Bolivia and Peru. P. trapeza R. & J. (13 c). Forewing narrower in the middle than in harmodius, the hindmargin shorter, a white spot at the hindmargin, not extending to the 2. median; hindwing triangular, sharply dentate, with 2 to 4- red spots from the hindmargin forwards, the posterior spot the largest. Beneath the white hindmarginal spot of the forewing is longer than in all the forms of harmodius. Female unknown. — East Ecuador and North-East Peru ^[1]

Seitz Plate 13
Novitates Zoologicae 1906 Plate 5

References

^ Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

Savela, Markku. "Mimoides xynias". funet.fi. Retrieved 6 November 2010.

[1] Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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