''Euryades duponchelii'' is a

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butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

from the

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Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges ...

first described by

Hippolyte Lucas Pierre-Hippolyte Lucas (17 January 1814 – 5 July 1899) was a French entomologist. Lucas was an assistant-natural history, naturalist at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. From 1839 to 1842 he studied fauna as part of the scientific com ...

in 1839. It is found in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

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, and

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It is a woodland species and not threatened. ''Euryades duponchelii'' unlike ''

Euryades corethrus ''Euryades corethrus'' is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina. ''E. corethrus'' is a tailless swallowtail. The male is much paler than '' duponcheli'' and semitransparent ...

'' is tailed. The male is velvety black, with a yellow band of large patches in the middle and on the hindwing also two rows of red spots, of which the submarginal row is only indicated above. The female is yellow brown, black distally and in the cell of the forewing, the macular band above is only indicated by two subcostal patches, which are situated on the forewing; the red spots of the hindwing above are vivid red. The under surface for the most part is grey yellow. File:Annales de la Société entomologique de France (1839) (18014594660).jpg, Annales de la Société entomologique de France (1839) The larvae feed on ''

Aristolochia ''Aristolochia'' () is a large plant genus with over 500 species that is the type genus of the family Aristolochiaceae. Its members are commonly known as birthwort, pipevine or Dutchman's pipe and are widespread and occur in the most diverse clima ...

'' species. The two species in the genus ''Euryades'' are more closely related to the Australasian clearwing swallowtail (''

Cressida cressida ''Cressida cressida'', the clearwing swallowtail or big greasy, is a Troidine swallowtail butterfly found in northern Australia, New Guinea, Maluku, and Timor. It is in the monotypic genus ''Cressida''. Remarkably, this species is not particu ...

'') than to other South American Papilionidae with larvae that feed on ''Aristolochia''.

References

* Edwin Möhn, 2002 ''Schmetterlinge der Erde'' utterflies of the WorldPart XIIII (14), Papilionidae VIII: Baronia, Euryades, Protographium, Neographium, Eurytides. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. All species and subspecies are included, also most of the forms. Several females are shown the first time in colour. * * Lewis, H. L., 1974 ''Butterflies of the World'' Page 23, figure 6.

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. Butterflies described in 1839 duponchelii Papilionidae of South America {{Papilionidae-stub