Mimoides phaon, the red-sided swallowtail or variable swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is native to the Americas.
The dorsal side of the red-sided swallowtail's wings is variable. They are mainly black with the hindwings having a postmedian band of spots, which are either greenish blue or red.[1] Some individuals have one or two rows of smaller light colored spots along the outer margin of the hindwing. The forewing has a row of whitish spots along the outer margin, which may be reduced or lacking in some individuals. The underside of the wings is less variable than the upperside. The outer margin of the hindwing has a row of small red crescents. The basal area of the hindwing, the thorax, and the head are spotted with red. The abdomen has a row of lateral red spots, which distinguish M. phaon from other members of its genus.[2][3]
P. phaon Boisd. Similar to the preceding species [Mimoides protodamas] ; the spots on thorax and abdomen red, the posterior abdominal segments with red lateral spots. Very variable. Spots on the upper surface of the forewing bluish yellow-grey or purer white -yellow; discal band of the hindwing grey-blue, rarely red. Under surface without distinct cell-streaks, forewing without basal spots, hindwing with 3. Scent-scales present in the male. Mexico to West Ecuador and Venezuela. The following forms have been described as species: ab. loc. xenarchus Hew., hindwing with broad red band; ab. loc. eridamas Reak., the red band of the hindwing narrow, the spots composing it separated; these two forms only known from East and South Mexico ; ab. phaon Boisd. (I3b), forewing with submarginal spots, but without discal spots, the band of the hindwing just entering the apex of the cell; ab. ulopos Gray (= immarginatus Oberth), forewing without spots or with only indications of them, band of the hindwing broad, entering more or less far into the cell; ab. therodamas Feldr., with discal and submarginal spots on the forewing and narrow, slanting band on the hindwing, separated from the cell; ab. metaphaon Butl. has on the hindwing a very large blue-green discal area, occupying a good part of the cell; in ab. pharax Godm. & Salv. the hindwing has a red anal spot and the discal band is remote from the cell. All these forms are connected with one another by transitions.[4]
The nominate subspecies, M. p. phaon, is found in northeastern Mexico, Belize, and Honduras. The other subspecies, M. p. therodamas, is found in Colombia, Venezuela, and eastern Ecuador.[6] In October, 2008, M. p. phaon was found in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas, making it the first swallowtail of the genus Mimoides to stray into the United States.[1]
The red-sided swallowtail caterpillar is mainly black with its head and thorax spotted with blue and yellow. The abdomen is striped laterally with blue, yellow, black, and white. The last segments are spotted like the head.
The red-sided swallowtail feeds on Annona species as a caterpillar.[6]
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Mimoides phaon, the red-sided swallowtail or variable swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is native to the Americas.
Mimoides phaon 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 phaon a été décrit par l'entomologiste français Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval en 1836 sous le nom de Papilio phaon.
Synonyme : Eurytides phaon[1].
Mimoides phaon se nomme Red-sided Swallowtail ou Variable Swallowtail en anglais[2],[3].
Mimoides phaon est un papillon marron aux ailes antérieures à bord externe concave et aux ailes postérieures à bord externe festonné. Le dessus est marron iridescent avec une ligne submarginale de taches qui déterminent deux formes : elles sont blanc grisé dans la première forme, rouge aux ailes postérieures dans la seconde forme.
Les plantes hôtes de la chenille de Mimoides phaon sont des Annona[1].
Mimoides euryleon présent au Mexique, au Honduras, au Venezuela, en Équateur et Colombie[1].
Pas de statut de protection particulier.
Mimoides phaon 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 phaon is een vlinder uit de onderfamilie Papilioninae van de familie van de pages. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is, als Papilio phaon, voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1836 door Jean Baptiste Boisduval. De combinatie in Mimoides werd in 1991 gemaaktdoor K.S. Brown.[1]
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