Mimoides
{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}}
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| image = Mimoides xeniades (Hewitson, 1867).JPG
| image_caption = Mimoides xeniades
| taxon = Mimoides
| authority = K.S. Brown, 1991
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = see text
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Mimoides is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae. The species native to the Americas were formerly in genus Eurytides.
Species
- Mimoides ariarathes (Esper, 1788)
- Mimoides euryleon (Hewitson, [1856]) – false cattleheart swallowtail
- Mimoides ilus (Fabricius, 1793) – Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail
- Mimoides lysithous (Hübner, [1821])
- Mimoides microdamas (Burnmeister, 1878)
- Mimoides pausanias (Hewitson, 1852) – bluish mimic-swallowtail or Pausanias swallowtail
- Mimoides phaon (Boisduval, 1836) – variable swallowtail or red-sided swallowtail
- Mimoides protodamas (Godart, 1819)
- Mimoides thymbraeus (Boisduval, 1836) – white-crescent swallowtail
- Mimoides xeniades (Hewitson, 1867)
- Mimoides xynias (Hewitson, 1875)
References
- {{cite book |last1= Lamas |first1= Gerardo |title= Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea |year= 2004 |publisher= Scientific Publishers, Inc |location= Gainesville, Florida |isbn= 0-945417-28-4 |pages= 89–90}}
External links
{{commons category|Mimoides}}
{{Wikispecies|Mimoides}}
- {{cite web |url= http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/mimoides/index.html |title= Mimoides |last= Savela |first= Markku |work= funet.fi |accessdate=6 November 2010}}
- {{cite web |url= http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/list.htm |title= Interactive Listing of American Butterflies |last1= Warren |first1= A. D. |year= 2010 |work= Butterflies of America |accessdate=6 November 2010|display-authors=etal}}
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Category:Papilionidae of South America
Category:Taxa described in 1991
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