Battus eracon
| West-Mexican swallowtail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Battus |
| Species: | B. eracon |
| Binomial name | |
| Battus eracon (Godman & Salvin, 1897) | |
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Battus eracon, the west-Mexican swallowtail or Colima swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.[1][2] It is found in western Mexico where it is local and uncommon.[3] The larvae feed on Aristolochia tentaculata.[4]
Description
The forewing has a row of submarginal spots. The hindwing has a uniformly curved band of spots, placed about midway between the cell and the outer margin. Under surface of the hindwing has red submarginal spots, each with a yellowish white dot at the outer side.
References
- ↑ Warren, A. D.; et al. (2010). "Battus eracon". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ↑ Glassberg, Jeffrey (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4243-0915-3.
- ↑ Collins, N. Mark; Collins, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtails of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN Protected Area Programme Series. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K.: IUCN. p. 66. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Battus eracon". funet.fi. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
Further reading
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Wikispecies has information related to: Battus eracon |
- Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 90. ISBN 0-945417-28-4.
- Edwin Möhn, 2002 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the World Part V (5), Papilionidae II: Battus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-70-9 Illustrates and identifies 14 species and 49 subspecies. Page 6, plate 9, figures 7-8, plate 19, figures 3-4.
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