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Ruby-spotted Swallowtail
Papilio anchisiades
-23.6294, -46.5573
Field Notes
Description:
Kingdom: Animalia
Division: Rhopalocera
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. anchisiades
Habitat:
The Ruby-spotted Swallowtail or Red-spotted Swallowtail[3] (Papilio anchisiades) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found from southern Texas south to Argentina. A rare stray can be found up to Kansas, south-eastern Arizona, and western Texas.
The wingspan is 70–100 mm. There are several generations per year with adults on wing from May to October.
The larvae feed on various species of the Rutaceae family, including Citrus, Casimiroa, and Zanthoxylum species. The adults feed on flower nectar.
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