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Papilionidae 77a0376X – 4175   Heraclides androgeus (Cramer, 1775)

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Distribution: Suggested by Heppner as a species straying into, but not breeding in, Florida. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Papilio androgeus Cramer, 1775 • Papilio acanthus Gmelin, [1790] • Papilio altheae Fabricius, 1938 • Papilio bagous Fruhstorfer, 1910 • Papilio decellei Krüger, 1934 • Papilio fassli Knop, 1925 • Papilio feyeri Niepelt, 1924 • Papilio hibisci Fabricius, 1938 • Papilio mira Fassl, 1922 • Papilio orestes Meerburgh, [1777] • Papilio piranthus Cramer, 1779 • Papilio polycaon Cramer, 1779 • Papilio epidaurus Godman & Salvin, 1890 • Papilio ochracea Beutelspacher, 1976 Taxonomic Notes: Heraclides androgeus (Cramer, 1775) was formerly placed in the genus Papilio. The name Heraclides was treated as a valid genus in Miller & Brown (1981) and as a synonym of Papilio in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist). Subsequent authors, i. e. Tyler et al. (1994), Lamas (2004) and Shiraiwa & Grishin (2014), have retained Heraclides as valid.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Species Page at the Butterflies of America

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