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Papilio chiansiades
Species of butterfly
Papilio chiansiades is a swallowtail butterfly from the Papilioninae subfamily. It is found in the Neotropical realm (South America).
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| Papilio chiansiades | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. chiansiades |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio chiansiades Westwood, 1872 | |
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On the upper surface of the forewing before the hindmargin a large yellowish white spot; on the hindwing posteriorly some red discal and submarginal spots, the spots of the two rows separated from one another; the tooth of the 3. radial prolonged into a short pointed tail.[1]
The wingspan is 52−55 mm.
- Papilio chiansiades chiansiades (Ecuador)
- Papilio chiansiades maroni Moreau, 1923 (French Guiana, Venezuela)
- Papilio chiansiades dospassosi Rütimeyer, 1969 (Colombia)
- Papilio chiansiades mossi (Brown, 1994) (Brazil)
- Jordan, K., in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 24, figure 17.
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- 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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Butterfly Corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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