Papilio anchisiades Insect Tropical Butterfly Papilionid Swallowtail

Description

Sex : M

Origin : Peru

Papilio anchisiades one wing lenght cm 4-5.5 Insect Tropical Butterfly Papilionid Swallowtail.
Common name: The Ruby-Spotted Swallowtail or Red-Spotted Swallowtail.
Syn. Papilio anchises, Papilio hipponous, Papilio archelaus, Papilio theramenes, Heraclides matusiki,  Papilio pompeius, Priamides anchisiades, Heraclides anchisiades, Papilio idaeus, Papilio pandion, Papilio pandion, Papilio pandonius, Papilio evander.


Papilio anchisiades (Esper, 1788) is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found from southern Texas south to Argentina. Rare strays can be found up to Kansas, southeastern Arizona, and western Texas.
The wingspan is 70–100 mm. There are several generations per year with adults on wing from May to October.
The larvae feed on various species of the Rutaceae family, including Citrus, Casimiroa, and Zanthoxylum species. The adults feed on flower nectar.
A very similar species with which it can be confused is Papilio Isidorus, which, however, has the longest digits in the lower wings.
Subspecies:
Papilio anchisiades anchisiades – (Venezuela, Colombia to the Guayanas, Peru)
Papilio anchisiades capys (Hübner, [1809]) – (Bolivia to Parana, Argentina, Paraguay)
Papilio anchisiades idaeus (Fabricius, 1793) – ruby-spotted swallowtail (Texas, Mexico to Panama)
Papilio anchisiades lamasi (Brown, 1994) – (Ecuador)
Papilio anchisiades philastrius Fruhstorfer, 1915 – (Trinidad)