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Eurytides

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Eurytides
Eurytides marcellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Leptocircini
Genus: Eurytides
Hübner, [1821]
Synonyms
  • Asiographium Möhn, 2002. Type-species: Papilio asius Fabricius, 1781
  • Bellerographium Möhn, 2002. Type species: Eurytides bellerophon (Dalman, 1823)
  • Eurygraphium Möhn, 2002. Type-species: Papilio thyastes Drury, 1782
  • Neographium Möhn, 2002. Type species: Neographium philolaus (Boisduval, 1836)

Eurytides is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae, found in North, Central, and South America.

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Eurytides:[1][2][3]

Subgenus Bellerographium Möhn, 2002

Subgenus Eurytides

Subgenus Neographium Möhn, 2002:

Subgenus Boreographium Grishin, 2021

Some species have been moved to genus Mimoides.

References

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  1. ^ "Papilionidae of the Americas 21-XI-2017". www.butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  2. ^ "A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada by Jonathan P. Pelham". www.butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  3. ^ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Eurytides)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  • Möhn, Edwin (2002). Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the World Part XIIII (14), Papilionidae VIII: Baronia, Euryades, Protographium, Neographium, Eurytides. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern:Goecke & Evers; Canterbury:Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-87-7 All species and subspecies are included, also most of the forms. Several females are shown the first time in colour.