Eurytides callias

Eurytides callias
Scientific classification
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Arthropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Insecta
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Lepidoptera
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Papilionidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Eurytides
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Binomial name
Eurytides callias (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) [1]
Synonyms
Papilio callias Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Hewitson, 1850 Papilio columbus

Eurytides callias is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in French Guiana, Brazil (Amazonas), southern Venezuela (Yavita, Rio Ocamo, Rio Cunucunuma), eastern Ecuador (Napo) and Peru.

It is a large butterfly with a wingspan around 85 mm , white in colour with a slightly pointed apex with two long thin tails at the posterior. The forewings have a brown apex and a brown border. The hind legs show blue lunules in the brown border and a red anal spot

• 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98674#page/7/mode/1up. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3060926 entry

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