Mimoides xynias is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm.

Mimoides xynias
M. x. xynias - Chapare, Bolivia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Mimoides
Species:
M. xynias
Binomial name
Mimoides xynias
(Hewitson, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Papilio xynias Hewitson, 1875
  • Eurytides xynias
  • Papilio trapeza f. trapezoides Niepelt, 1913
  • Papilio trapeza Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
  • Papilio harmodius xeniades ♀-f. androna Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
  • Papilio xynias xisuthrus Niepelt, 1908
  • Papilio trapeza concoloratus Joicey & Talbot, 1922

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Description from Seitz

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P. xynias Hew. (13 c). Forewing with large pale green area at the hindmargin; hindwing acutely dentate, with short, narrow tail and a few red discal spots posteriorly. Beneath the forewing has a white, very faintly- green hindmarginal spot, which is smaller than the spot on the upper surface. No scent-scales. Female not known. — Eastern slopes of the Andes of Bolivia and Peru. P. trapeza R. & J. (13 c). Forewing narrower in the middle than in harmodius, the hindmargin shorter, a white spot at the hindmargin, not extending to the 2. median; hindwing triangular, sharply dentate, with 2 to 4- red spots from the hindmargin forwards, the posterior spot the largest. Beneath the white hindmarginal spot of the forewing is longer than in all the forms of harmodius. Female unknown. — East Ecuador and North-East Peru [1]

References

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  1. ^ Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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