Eurytides agesilaus neosilaus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Eurytides |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | E. a. neosilaus
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Trinomial name | |
Eurytides agesilaus neosilaus (
Hopffer, 1866)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Eurytides agesilaus neosilaus, the short-lined kite swallowtail, is a subspecies of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Mexico and Central America. The subspecies was first described by Carl Heinrich Hopffer in 1866. [1] [2] Specimens are sold commercially to collectors. [3]