Eurytides is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae, found in North, Central, and South America. Members of this genus are commonly known as kite swallowtails.
Species The following species are recognised in the genus Eurytides:
Subgenus Bellerographium Möhn, 2002 Eurytides bellerophon (Dahlman, 1823)
Subgenus Eurytides Eurytides salvini (Bates, 1864) – Salvin's kite swallowtail Eurytides columbus (Kollar, 1850) Eurytides orabilis (Butler, 1872) – thick-edged kite swallowtail Eurytides serville (Godart, 1824) – Serville swordtail Eurytides callias (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Callias kite swallowtail Eurytides dolicaon (Cramer, ) – dolicaon kite swallowtail Eurytides iphitas Hübner, – yellow kite swallowtail
Subgenus Neographium Möhn, 2002: Eurytides thyastes Drury, 1782) - Brazil Eurytides calliste (H. Bates, 1864), Yellow kite-swallowtail - Guatemala Eurytides dioxippus (Hewitson, ), thick-bordered kite-swallowtail - Colombia Eurytides leucaspis (Godart, 1819) - Peru? Eurytides epidaus (E. Doubleday, 1846), Mexican kite-swallowtail - Mexico (Yucatan); Honduras Eurytides agesilaus (Guérin-Méneville & Percheron, 1835) - Mexico to Bolivia & Paraguay Eurytides × oberthueri Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 - Mexico, Honduras Theoretically a natural hydrid between E. agesilaus and E. philolaus. Eurytides philolaus (Boisduval, 1836) – dark kite swallowtail - Texas, USA & northern Mexico to Colombia & Venezuela Eurytides zonaria (A. Butler, 1869), Hispaniolan kite-swallowtail - Hispaniola Eurytides anaxilaus (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865), small kite-swallowtail - Panama, northern Colombia, N Venezuela Eurytides celadon (Lucas, 1852), Cuban kite-swallowtail - Cuba & Isla de Juventud Eurytides marcellinus (E. Doubleday, ), Jamaican kite-swallowtail - Jamaica Eurytides asius (Fabricius, 1781) - South America
Subgenus Boreographium Grishin, 2021 Eurytides marcellus (Cramer, 1777), Zebra swallowtail - eastern USA & Canada
Some species have been moved to genus Mimoides.
References
Möhn, Edwin (2002). Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the World Part XIIII (14), Papilionidae VIII: Baronia, Euryades, Protographium, Neographium, Eurytides. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern:Goecke & Evers; Canterbury:Hillside Books. All species and subspecies are included, also most of the forms. Several females are shown the first time in colour.