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Genus of butterflies
Mimoides is a genus of
butterflies in the family
Papilionidae. The species native to the
Americas were formerly in genus
Eurytides.
Species
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Mimoides ariarathes (Esper, 1788)
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Mimoides euryleon (Hewitson, [1856]) – false cattleheart swallowtail
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Mimoides ilus (Fabricius, 1793) – Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail
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Mimoides lysithous (Hübner, [1821])
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Mimoides microdamas (Burnmeister, 1878)
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Mimoides pausanias (Hewitson, 1852) – bluish mimic-swallowtail or Pausanias swallowtail
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Mimoides phaon (Boisduval, 1836) – variable swallowtail or red-sided swallowtail
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Mimoides protodamas (Godart, 1819)
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Mimoides thymbraeus (Boisduval, 1836) – white-crescent swallowtail
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Mimoides xeniades (Hewitson, 1867)
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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
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