''Eurytides agesilaus neosilaus'', the short-lined kite swallowtail, is a
subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all 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 Mexico and Central America. The subspecies was
first described by
Carl Heinrich Hopffer Carl Heinrich Hopffer (1810–1876) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
Hopffer was a curator (Custos) at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. He described many new species mainly in the following works.
*''Neue Schmetterl ...
in 1866.
Specimens are sold commercially to collectors.
References
Eurytides
Butterflies described in 1866
Butterflies of North America
Butterflies of Central America
Taxa named by Carl Heinrich Hopffer
Butterfly subspecies
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