Battus madyes
Encyclopedia
Battus madyes, commonly known as the Madyes Swallowtail is a species
of butterfly
from the Papilionidae family
that is found in Argentina
, Bolivia
, Ecuador
and Peru
.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
from the Papilionidae family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
that is found in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
and Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.
Subspecies
- Battus madyes madyes (Bolivia)
- Battus madyes chlorodamas (Guenée, 1872) (eastern Peru)
- Battus madyes montebanus (Dyar, 1913) (Peru)
- Battus madyes plinius (Weymer, 1890) (northern Peru)
- Battus madyes tucumanus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) (north-western Argentina)
- Battus madyes adloni (Ehrmann, 1926) (central Ecuador)
- Battus madyes philetas (Hewitson, 1869) (southern Ecuador)
- Battus madyes magnimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1925) (northern Peru)
- Battus madyes lojaensis Möhn, 1999 (southern Ecuador)
- Battus madyes buechei Lamas, 1998 (central Peru)
- Battus madyes callangaensis Möhn, 2001 (Peru)
- Battus madyes frankenbachi Möhn, 2001 (Peru)