''Mimoides'' is a genus of butterflies 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 larg ...

. The species native to the

Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

were formerly in genus '' Eurytides''.

Species

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Mimoides ariarathes ''Mimoides ariarathes'' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is native to South America. Subspecies * ''M. a. ariarathes'' (Esper, 1788) Guianas, Surinam, Brazil (Pará) * ''M. a. arianus'' (Staudinger, 1884) Brazil (Amazona ...

'' (Esper, 1788) * ''

Mimoides euryleon ''Mimoides euryleon'', the false cattleheart swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. Subspecies *''M. e. euryleon'' - Colombia *''M. e. clusoculis'' (Butler, 1872) - Costa Rica, Panama *''M. e. pithonius'' (Rothschild ...

'' (Hewitson,

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– false cattleheart swallowtail * ''

Mimoides ilus ''Mimoides ilus'', the Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela. Little is known about this rare butterfly, but it is not considered th ...

'' (Fabricius, 1793) – Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail * ''

Mimoides lysithous ''Mimoides lysithous '' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the ...

'' (Hübner, 821 * ''

Mimoides microdamas ''Mimoides microdamas'' is a Neotropical butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in southern Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuair ...

'' (Burnmeister, 1878) * ''

Mimoides pausanias ''Mimoides pausanias'', the Pausanias swallowtail or bluish mimic-swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. Description ''Mimoides pausanias'' is a large butterfly with iridescent brown color on the upper surface of the ...

'' (Hewitson, 1852) – bluish mimic-swallowtail or Pausanias swallowtail * ''

Mimoides phaon ''Mimoides phaon'', the red-sided swallowtail or variable swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is native to the Americas. Description The dorsal side of the red-sided swallowtail's wings is variable. They are m ...

'' (Boisduval, 1836) – variable swallowtail or red-sided swallowtail * ''

Mimoides protodamas ''Mimoides protodamas'' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. The common name is false polysticto, with reference to the similarity of this species with '' Battus polystictus''. Description ''Mimoides protodamas'' has a wingspan ...

'' (Godart, 1819) * ''

Mimoides thymbraeus ''Mimoides thymbraeus'', the white-crescent swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found from Mexico to El Salvador and Honduras, where it is widespread and common. Subspecies * ''Mimoides thymbraeus thymbraeus ...

'' (Boisduval, 1836) – white-crescent swallowtail * ''

Mimoides xeniades ''Mimoides xeniades'' is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in southern Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_sym ...

'' (Hewitson, 1867) * ''

Mimoides xynias ''Mimoides xynias'' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm. Subspecies *''M. x. xynias'' Peru, Bolivia *''M. x. trapeza'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) Ecuador Description from Seitz P. xynias ...

'' (Hewitson, 1875)

References

External links

* * Papilionidae Papilionidae of South America Butterfly genera {{Papilionidae-stub