Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Papilionidae → subfamily Papilioninae → tribe Troidini → subtribe Battina → genus Battus → species Battus polydamas
Species name(s)
Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758) = Papilio archidamas = Papilio anguicidas = Papilio psittacus = Papilio bias = Papilio lindeni = Papilio streckerianus = Papilio polydamas Linnaeus, 1758 = polydamus = Laertias polydamas = Battus polydamas polydamas.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Neotropic.
Primary colors
Green, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Detailed information with references
Synonyms and combinations
- Papilio archidamas; Papilio anguicidas; Papilio psittacus; Papilio bias; Papilio lindeni; Papilio streckerianus. [0]. Dmitriy Pozhogin.
Subspecies Battus polydamas
- B. p. antiquus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906).
- B. p. atahualpa Racheli & Pischedda, 1987.
- B. p. cebriones (Dalman, 1823).
- B. p. christopheranus (Hall, 1936).
- B. p. cubensis (Dufrane, 1946).
- B. p. dominicus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906).
- B. p. grenadensis (Hall, 1930).
- B. p. jamaicensis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906).
- B. p. lucayus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906).
- B. p. lucianus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906).
- B. p. neodamas (Lucas, 1852).
- B. p. peruanus (Fuchs, 1954).
- B. p. polycrates (Hopffer, 1865).
- B. p. polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758).
- B. p. psittacus (Molina, 1782).
- B. p. renani Lamas, 1998.
- B. p. streckerianus (Honrath, 1884).
- B. p. thyamus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906).
- B. p. vincentius (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906).
- B. p. weyrauchi Lamas, 1998.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Alex Dumchus. Text data: Dmitriy Pozhogin.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
Color characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [85] Lepidoptera.ru (Insecta.pro previous version / cтарая версия Insecta.pro)
- Dmitriy Pozhogin, personal communication
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