Philaethria dido (Linnaeus, 1763)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Heliconiinae → tribe Heliconiini → genus Philaethria → species Philaethria dido

Species name(s)

Philaethria dido (Linnaeus, 1763) = Metamorpha dido = Papilio dido Linnaeus, 1763 = Papilio didon Tableau, 1779 = Papilio nigromaculatus Goeze, 1779. [9, 85, 187, PC]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Neotropic.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Metamorpha dido. [PC81].

Distribution

America, from Mexico to Argentina [125].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Passiflora [125].

Subspecies of Philaethria dido

Philaethria dido choconensis Constantino, 1999. [9]
P. d. dido. [9]
P. d. pygmalion Fruhstorfer, 1912. [187]
P. d. wernickei Röber, 1906. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Igor Ivannikov.

Text data: Dmitriy Pozhogin, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[125] David Carter "Butterflies and Moths". Dorling Kindersley Limited, 9 Henrietta Street, London, 1992.
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC81] Dmitriy Pozhogin

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Other species Philaethria

Philaethria andrei Brevignon, 2002

Philaethria constantinoi Salazar, 1991

Philaethria diatonica (Fruhstorfer, 1912)

Philaethria ostara (Röber, 1906)

Philaethria pygmalion (Fruhstorfer, 1912)

Philaethria wernickei (Röber, 1906)

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