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Genus Eurytides

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers))
Family Papilionidae (Swallowtails, Parnassians)
Subfamily Papilioninae
Genus Eurytides
Other Common Names
Kite Swallowtails
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists two North American species.
Range
Neotropical, one species ranges into temperate North America.
Habitat
Forests, adjacent areas
Food
Adult males take fluid from damp sand.
Life Cycle
Larvae feed on foliage of plants in the Custard Apple family (Annonaceae).
Remarks
Sometimes Eurytides is subsumed under Graphium, the rather similar swallowtails of the old world tropics.
Print References
DeVries discusses natural history of genus. (1)
Works Cited
1.The Butterflies of Costa Rica and Their Natural History, Vol. I: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae
By Philip J. Devries
Contributed by Cotinis on 3 April, 2004 - 6:29am
Last updated 10 June, 2004 - 3:03pm

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