Papilio alexiares

Papilio alexiares
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. alexiares
Binomial name
Papilio alexiares
Höpffer, 1866

Papilio alexiares, the Mexican tiger swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Mexico and southern Texas.[1]

Subspecies

Taxonomy

It is sometimes listed as a subspecies of Papilio glaucus.[2]

References


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