Mimoides ilus

Mimoides ilus, the Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela.^[1][2] Little is known about this rare butterfly, but it is not considered threatened.^[3] The larvae of M. i. branchus feed on Annotata reticulata.^[4]

Ilus swallowtail
M. i. branchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Mimoides
Species:	M. ilus
Binomial name
Mimoides ilus (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Papilio ilus Fabricius, 1793 Papilio hostilius C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861 Papilio guaco Staudinger, 1876 Eurytides branchus Doubleday, 1846

Subspecies

M. i. branchus

• Mimoides ilus ilus (Fabricius, 1793) (Panama to northern Colombia and central Venezuela)^[1]
• Mimoides ilus branchus (Doubleday, 1846) (eastern Mexico to northern Costa Rica)^[1]
• Mimoides ilus occiduus (Vázquez, 1957) (western Mexico)^[1]

Description from Seitz

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

P. ilus F. (= hostilius Fldr.; guaco Stgr. (14a). Male and female: under surface without red basal spots on the forewing, with 4 red basal spots on the hindwing. Forewing with or without a patch in the extremity of the cell, with 2 or 3 white spots on the disc, the posterior one, placed behind the 3. median, the largest. North Venezuela, Northern Colombia, Panama; rare in collections.^[5]

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  Seitz Plate 14 belesisand branchus