''Eurytides anaxilaus'' is a species of
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 ...
in the family
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 ...
. It is found in Panama, northern Venezuela and eastern and northern Colombia.
References
Further reading
*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. All species and subspecies are included, also most of the forms. Several females are shown the first time in colour.
Eurytides
Butterflies described in 1865
Papilionidae of South America
Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
Taxa named by Rudolf Felder
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