Biology:Mimoides

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Mimoides
Mimoides xeniades
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Tribe:	Leptocircini
Genus:	Mimoides K.S. Brown, 1991
Species
see text
Synonyms
Eurytides

Mimoides is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae. The species native to the Americas were formerly in genus Eurytides.

Species

• Mimoides ariarathes (Esper, 1788)
• Mimoides euryleon (Hewitson, [1856]) – false cattleheart swallowtail
• Mimoides ilus (Fabricius, 1793) – Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail
• Mimoides lysithous (Hübner, [1821])
• Mimoides microdamas (Burnmeister, 1878)
• Mimoides pausanias (Hewitson, 1852) – bluish mimic-swallowtail or Pausanias swallowtail
• Mimoides phaon (Boisduval, 1836) – variable swallowtail or red-sided swallowtail
• Mimoides protodamas (Godart, 1819)
• Mimoides thymbraeus (Boisduval, 1836) – white-crescent swallowtail
• Mimoides xeniades (Hewitson, 1867)
• Mimoides xynias (Hewitson, 1875)

References

• Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. pp. 89–90. ISBN 0-945417-28-4. 

External links

• Savela, Markku. "Mimoides". funet.fi. http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/mimoides/index.html. Retrieved 6 November 2010. 
• Warren, A. D. (2010). "Interactive Listing of American Butterflies". Butterflies of America. http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/list.htm. Retrieved 6 November 2010. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1346615 entry