Papilio alexiares

Papilio alexiares
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. alexiares
Binomial name
Papilio alexiares Höpffer, 1866

Papilio alexiares, the Mexican tiger swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Mexico and southern Texas.[1]

Subspecies

• Papilio alexiares alexiares (east-central Mexico)
• Papilio alexiares garcia Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 north-eastern Mexico, western Texas

Taxonomy

It is sometimes listed as a subspecies of Papilio glaucus.[2]

References

1. Butterflies of America
2. Papilio at Funet