Papilio chiansiades

Papilio chiansiades is a swallowtail butterfly from the Papilioninae subfamily. It is found in the Neotropical realm (South America).

Papilio chiansiades
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. chiansiades
Binomial name
Papilio chiansiades Westwood, 1872
Synonyms
Heraclides chiansiades Papilio maroni

Description

On the upper surface of the forewing before the hindmargin a large yellowish white spot; on the hindwing posteriorly some red discal and submarginal spots, the spots of the two rows separated from one another; the tooth of the 3. radial prolonged into a short pointed tail.^[1]

The wingspan is 52−55 mm.

Subspecies

• Papilio chiansiades chiansiades (Ecuador)
• Papilio chiansiades maroni Moreau, 1923 (French Guiana, Venezuela)
• Papilio chiansiades dospassosi Rütimeyer, 1969 (Colombia)
• Papilio chiansiades mossi (Brown, 1994) (Brazil)

Taxonomy

Papilio chiansiades is a member of the anchisiades species group