Eurytides dolicaon

Eurytides dolicaon
Mounted specimen from Peru
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Eurytides
Species:	E. dolicaon
Binomial name
Eurytides dolicaon (Cramer, 1776)
Synonyms
Papilio dolicaon Cramer, [1775] Papilio deicoon C. & R. Felder, 1864 Papilio dolicaton draconarius f. frustulum Fruhstorfer, 1907 Papilio deileon C. & R. Felder, 1865 Papilio deileon C. & R. Felder, 1864 Papilio dolicaon draconarius Fruhstorfer, 1907 Papilio dolicaon draconarius Fruhstorfer, 1907 Papilio dolicaon anemos Fruhstorfer, 1910 Papilio dolicaon xanthophilus Röber, 1925 Papilio dolicaon hebrus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

Eurytides dolicaon, the dolicaon kite swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae.

Description

Eurytides dolicaon is a large butterfly with a wingspan of about 80 millimetres (3.1 in). The basic colour of the wings is creamy white with black veins. The hindwings have very long and thin tails, generally dark brown or black with yellow tips. The edges of the uppersides of the wings are dark brown or black. The undersides of the hindwings have brown bands forming large creamy white areas. On the margins of the hindwings there are a series of blue lunules.

Larvae feed on Guatteria species, Ocotea species and Nectandra membranacea.

Distribution

Eurytides dolicaon can be found in Central and Southern America (Guyana, south-eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and north-western Venezuela).

Habitat

This species is present in lowlands with wet rainforest at an elevation of about 0–400 metres (0–1,312 ft) above sea level.

Subspecies

• Eurytides dolicaon dolicaon (Guyana)
• Eurytides dolicaon deicoon (C. & R. Felder, 1864) (south-eastern Brazil, Paraguay)
• Eurytides dolicaon deileon (C. & R. Felder, 1865) (eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador)
• Eurytides dolicaon tromes (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) (north-western Venezuela)
• Eurytides dolicaon septentrionalis Brown, 1994 (Panama)
• Eurytides dolicaon hebreus Brown & Lamas, 1994 (Colombia)
• Eurytides dolicaon cauraensis Möhn, 2002 (south-eastern Venezuela)

References

• Funet
• Lepidoptera.pro
• Learn about butterflies
• Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6. 
• Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 23, figure 13.
• Edwin Möhn, 2002 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part XIIII (14), Papilionidae VIII: Baronia, Euryades, Protographium, Neographium, Eurytides. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-87-7 All species and subspecies are included, also most of the forms. Several females are shown the first time in colour.