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Papilionidae 77a0369 – 4183   Heraclides anchisiades (Esper, 1788)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Papilio anchisiades Esper, 1788 • Papilio archelaus Godart, 1819 • Priamides hipponous Hübner, [1819] • Heraclides matusiki Johnson & Rozycki, 1986 • Papilio theramenes Felder & Felder, 1861 • Papilio idaeus Fabricius, 1793 • Papilio pandion Bates, 1863 • Papilio pandion Felder & Felder, 1865 • Papilio pandonius Staudinger, 1894 Taxonomic Notes: Papilio anchisiades Esper, 1788 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 BugGuide.Net Species Page at the Butterflies of America

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