Mimoides xynias

Mimoides xynias is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical ecozone.

Mimoides xynias
Plate accompanying Hewitson's original description in Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies, 1875
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Mimoides
Species:
M. xynias
Binomial name
Mimoides xynias
(Hewitson, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Papilio xynias Hewitson, 1875
  • Eurytides xynias
  • Papilio trapeza f. trapezoides Niepelt, 1913
  • Papilio trapeza Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
  • Papilio harmodius xeniades ♀-f. androna Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
  • Papilio xynias xisuthrus Niepelt, 1908
  • Papilio trapeza concoloratus Joicey & Talbot, 1922

Subspecies

Description from Seitz
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

P. xynias Hew. (13 c). Forewing with large pale green area at the hindmargin; hindwing acutely dentate, with short, narrow tail and a few red discal spots posteriorly. Beneath the forewing has a white, very faintly- green hindmarginal spot, which is smaller than the spot on the upper surface. No scent-scales.Female not known. — Eastern slopes of the Andes of Bolivia and Peru. P. trapeza R. & J. (13 c). Forewing narrower in the middle than in harmodius, the hindmargin shorter, a white spot at the hindmargin, not extending to the 2. median ; hindwing triangular, sharply dentate,with 2 to 4- red spots from the hindmargin forwards, the posterior spot the largest. Beneath the white hindmarginal spot of the forewing is longer than in all the forms of harmodius. Female unknown. — East Ecuador and North-East Peru [1]

References
  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) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • 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.
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