Mimoides lysithous is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm.
P. lysithous. A polychromatic species. The different individual forms with one exception were originally described as species and have been regarded as such until recently. The forms are connected with one another by intergradations; moreover, the specific identity of 3 of the varieties (pomponius, rurik, lysithous) has been proved by breeding. Underside of the forewing with 2 red basal spots, hindwing with 3; all the forms with a tail. Larva on Anona , resting by day on the upperside of a leaf at the middle vein, on the lower branches and root-shoots, near Petropolis all the year round, except in June and July (middle of the dry season); black with yellow longitudinal stripes and white-yellow saddle-spot. The pupa as in the allied species green with yellow lateral streak. Brazil and Eastern Paraguay. The principal forms, which do not everywhere occur together, are the following: f. platydesma R. & J. (= harrisianus auctt. (14b), the white band of the forewing very broad, continued over the cell to the costal margin; f. harrisianus Swains. (= claudius Boisd.; athous Fldr.), the white band of the forewing broad posteriorly, strongly narrowed anteriorly, not entering the cell, the part from the lower angle of the cell to the costal margin narrow or absent, as in the preceding form the posterior submarginal spots of the hindwing large; f. oedipus Fldr. (= sebastianus Oberth.) (14a), forewing -with double spot from the 1. median backwards, hindwing without white band, the 4 posterior submarginal spots large; f. lysithous Hbn. (14a), band of the forewing narrow, often abbreviated (ab. brevifasciatus Weym.), hindwing with small submarginal spots, the band usually only extending to the 1. median, sometimes longer and more distal (ab. extendatus f.rurik Eschsch. (= rurikia id. in tab., laius Boisd.) band of the forewing abbreviated, hindwing without white band, the 4 posterior submarginal spots rather large: f. pomponius Hopff., band of the fore wing indicated, or like that of the hindwing entirely absent: f. eupatorion Luc., both wings without discal band, forewing with yellowish marginal band and the marginal spots of the hindwing enlarged (probably an aberration, only the type known, in col. Charles Oberthur).[1]
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Mimoides lysithous is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm.
Mimoides lysithous est une espèce d'insectes lépidoptères (papillons) qui appartient à la famille des Papilionidae, à la sous-famille des Papilioninae et au genre Mimoides.
Mimoides lysithous a été décrit par Jakob Hübner en 1821 sous le nom d'Hectorides lysithous.
Synonyme : Eurytides lysithous ; Papilio lysithous Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 ; Graphium lysithous ; Brown & Mielke, 1967[1].
Mimoides lysithous rurik se nomme Rurik[2].
Mimoides lysithous est un papillon noir aux ailes antérieures à apex arrondi et bord externe concave et aux ailes postérieures à bord externe festonné et longue queue en massue. Le dessus est orné aux ailes antérieures d'une large bande marginale blanche, d'une petite tache rouge dans l'aire basale et aux ailes postérieures d'une ligne submarginale de chevrons rouge surmontés de chevrons blancs.
Mimoides lysithous présent au Brésil, dans l'est du Paraguay et dans le nord-est de l'Argentine[1],[2].
Pas de statut de protection particulier.
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Mimoides lysithous est une espèce d'insectes lépidoptères (papillons) qui appartient à la famille des Papilionidae, à la sous-famille des Papilioninae et au genre Mimoides.
Mimoides lysithous is een vlinder uit de onderfamilie Papilioninae van de familie van de pages. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is, als Hectorides lysithous, voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1821 door Jacob Hübner. De combinatie in Mimoides werd in 1991 gemaaktdoor K.S. Brown.[1]
Mimoides lysithous is een vlinder uit de onderfamilie Papilioninae van de familie van de pages. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is, als Hectorides lysithous, voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1821 door Jacob Hübner. De combinatie in Mimoides werd in 1991 gemaaktdoor K.S. Brown.
