Euryades corethrus

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Euryades corethrus
Adult
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Euryades
Species:
E. corethrus
Binomial name
Euryades corethrus
(Boisduval, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Papilio corethrus Boisduval, 1836

Euryades corethrus is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina.

E. corethrus is a tailless swallowtail. The male is much paler than duponcheli and semitransparent. The hind wing upperside has a band of yellow spots outside the red discal spots. The female is likewise paler than duponcheli, the margin more narrowly black and the very pale red submarginal spots of the hindwing large, the discal row on the contrary replaced by black spots, only the last black spot is always dotted with reddish grey (often also the first and sometimes the next two as well).[1]

The larvae feed on Aristolochia sessilifolia, Aristolochia fimbriata, and other Aristolochia species.[2]

References[edit]

  • Edwin Möhn, 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.
  • 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.
  • Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 23, figure 8, female.
  • Grice, H., Nunez-Bustos, E., Mega, N., Dias, F.M.S., Rosa, A., Freitas, A.V.L. & Marini-Filho,O. 2019. Euryades corethrus (amended version of 2018 assessment). The IUCN Red List ofThreatened Species 2019: e.T160549A145166527. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T160549A145166527.en

External links[edit]

  1. ^ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Euryades at Funet