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Mimoides

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Mimoides
Mimoides xeniades (Hewitson, 1867).JPG
Mimoides xeniades
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Leptocircini
Genus: Mimoides
K.S. Brown, 1991
Species

see text

Synonyms

Mimoides is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae. The species native to the Americas were formerly in genus Eurytides.

Species

  • Mimoides ariarathes (Esper, 1788)
  • Mimoides euryleon (Hewitson, [1856]) – false cattleheart swallowtail
  • Mimoides ilus (Fabricius, 1793) – Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail
  • Mimoides lysithous (Hübner, [1821])
  • Mimoides microdamas (Burnmeister, 1878)
  • Mimoides pausanias (Hewitson, 1852) – bluish mimic-swallowtail or Pausanias swallowtail
  • Mimoides phaon (Boisduval, 1836) – variable swallowtail or red-sided swallowtail
  • Mimoides protodamas (Godart, 1819)
  • Mimoides thymbraeus (Boisduval, 1836) – white-crescent swallowtail
  • Mimoides xeniades (Hewitson, 1867)
  • Mimoides xynias (Hewitson, 1875)

References

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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1346615 entry





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