Mimoides

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Mimoides

Mimoides xeniades
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Papilionidae
Tribe:  | Leptocircini
Genus:  | Mimoides
K.S. Brown, 1991
Species

see text

Synonyms

* Eurytides

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

* Savela, Markku. "Mimoides". funet.fi. http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/mimoides/index.html. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
* Warren, A. D. (2010). "Interactive Listing of American Butterflies". Butterflies of America. http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/list.htm. Retrieved 6 November 2010.

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