Eurytides

Eurytides is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae, found in North, Central, and South America.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Eurytides:

Subgenus Bellerographium <small>Möhn, 2002</small>

• Eurytides bellerophon <small>(Dahlman, 1823)</small>

Subgenus Eurytides

• Eurytides salvini <small>(Bates, 1864)</small> – Salvin's kite swallowtail
• Eurytides columbus <small>(Kollar, 1850)</small>
• Eurytides orabilis <small>(Butler, 1872)</small> – thick-edged kite swallowtail
• Eurytides serville <small>(Godart, 1824)</small> – Serville swordtail
• Eurytides callias <small>(Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)</small> – Callias kite swallowtail
• Eurytides dolicaon <small>(Cramer, [1776])</small> – dolicaon kite swallowtail
• Eurytides iphitas <small>Hübner, [1821]</small> – yellow kite swallowtail

Subgenus Neographium <small>Möhn, 2002</small>:

• Eurytides thyastes <small>Drury, 1782)</small> - Brazil
• Eurytides calliste <small>(H. Bates, 1864)</small>, Yellow kite-swallowtail - Guatemala
• Eurytides dioxippus <small>(Hewitson, [1856])</small>, thick-bordered kite-swallowtail - Colombia
• Eurytides leucaspis <small>(Godart, 1819)</small> - Peru?
• Eurytides epidaus <small>(E. Doubleday, 1846)</small>, Mexican kite-swallowtail - Mexico (Yucatan); Honduras
• Eurytides agesilaus <small>(Guérin-Méneville & Percheron, 1835)</small> - Mexico to Bolivia & Paraguay
• Eurytides × oberthueri <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1906</small> - Mexico, Honduras Theoretically a natural hydrid between E. agesilaus and E. philolaus.
• Eurytides philolaus <small>(Boisduval, 1836)</small> – dark kite swallowtail - Texas, USA & northern Mexico to Colombia & Venezuela
• Eurytides zonaria <small>(A. Butler, 1869)</small>, Hispaniolan kite-swallowtail - Hispaniola
• Eurytides anaxilaus <small>(C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)</small>, small kite-swallowtail - Panama, northern Colombia, N Venezuela
• Eurytides celadon <small>(Lucas, 1852)</small>, Cuban kite-swallowtail - Cuba & Isla de Juventud
• Eurytides marcellinus <small>(E. Doubleday, [1845])</small>, Jamaican kite-swallowtail - Jamaica
• Eurytides asius <small>(Fabricius, 1781)</small> - South America

Subgenus Boreographium <small>Grishin, 2021</small>

• Eurytides marcellus <small>(Cramer, 1777)</small>, Zebra swallowtail - eastern USA & Canada

Some species have been moved to genus Mimoides.

References

• Möhn, Edwin (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. All species and subspecies are included, also most of the forms. Several females are shown the first time in colour.