Mimoides ilus
Species of butterfly
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Mimoides ilus, the Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela.[1][2] Little is known about this rare butterfly, but it is not considered threatened.[3] The larvae of M. i. branchus feed on Annotata reticulata.[4]
| Ilus swallowtail | |
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| M. i. branchus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Mimoides |
| Species: | M. ilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Mimoides ilus (Fabricius, 1793) | |
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Subspecies
- Mimoides ilus ilus (Fabricius, 1793) (Panama to northern Colombia and central Venezuela)[1]
- Mimoides ilus branchus (Doubleday, 1846) (eastern Mexico to northern Costa Rica)[1]
- Mimoides ilus occiduus (Vázquez, 1957) (western Mexico)[1]
Description from Seitz
P. ilus F. (= hostilius Fldr.; guaco Stgr. (14a). Male and female: under surface without red basal spots on the forewing, with 4 red basal spots on the hindwing. Forewing with or without a patch in the extremity of the cell, with 2 or 3 white spots on the disc, the posterior one, placed behind the 3. median, the largest. North Venezuela, Northern Colombia, Panama; rare in collections.[5]
Seitz Plate 14 belesisand branchus
