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Subspecies Battus polydamas lucayus - "Florida" Polydamas Swallowtail

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Papilionidae (Swallowtails, Parnassians)
Subfamily Papilioninae
Tribe Troidini (Birdwings, Cattlehearts and Aristolochia Swallowtails)
Genus Battus
Species polydamas (Polydamas Swallowtail - Hodges#4158)
Subspecies lucayus ("Florida" Polydamas Swallowtail)
Explanation of Names
Battus polydamas lucayus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) SE USA & Bahamas
Range
SE USA & Bahamas
Habitat
Variable
Season
Year around
Food
Aristolochia
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