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Polydamas Swallowtail
Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths »  family Papilionidae - swallowtails and apollos »  genus Battus »  subgenus Battus

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Included taxa

Number of records: 21

subspecies Battus polydamas antiquus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
subspecies Battus polydamas atahualpa T. Racheli & Pischedda, 1987
subspecies Battus polydamas cebriones (Dalman, 1823)
subspecies Battus polydamas christopheranus (A. Hall, 1936)
subspecies Battus polydamas cubensis (Dufrane, 1946)
subspecies Battus polydamas dominicus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
subspecies Battus polydamas grenadensis (A. Hall, 1930)
subspecies Battus polydamas jamaicensis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
subspecies Battus polydamas lucayus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
subspecies Battus polydamas lucianus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
subspecies Battus polydamas neodamas (Lucas, 1852)

Battus polydamas neodamas

subspecies Battus polydamas peruanus (Fuchs, 1954)
subspecies Battus polydamas polycrates (Hopffer, 1865) - Polydamus swallowtail
subspecies Battus polydamas polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Battus polydamas polydamas

subspecies Battus polydamas psittacus (J. Molina, 1782)
subspecies Battus polydamas renani Lamas, 1998
subspecies Battus polydamas streckerianus (Honrath, 1884)

Battus polydamas streckerianus

subspecies Battus polydamas thyamus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
subspecies Battus polydamas vincentius (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
subspecies Battus polydamas weyrauchi Lamas, 1998
subspecies Battus polydamas xenodamas (Hübner, 1825)

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [110520503]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Illustrated Lists of American Butterflies 9-III-2024 [Battus_polydamas_a]

Warren, A. D., K. J. Davis, E. M. Stangeland, J. P. Pelham, K. R. Willmott & N. V. Grishin: Illustrated Lists of American Butterflies [http://butterfliesofamerica.com/] [as Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 6 January 2025

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extinct taxon