Battus polystictus

Battus polystictus is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. Male and female are less dimorphic than in related species as regards wing shape and pattern, but the male has a prominent pale yellow lengthwise stripe on the upperside of its abdomen.

Battus polystictus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Battus
Species:
B. polystictus
Binomial name
Battus polystictus
(Butler, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Papilio polystictus Butler, 1874
  • Papilio polystictus janira Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

The larvae feed on Aristolochia brasiliensis, Aristolochia fimbriata and Aristolochia triangularis.[1]

Subspecies
  • Battus polystictus polystictus (Brazil: Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina: Misiones, Corrientes to Buenos Aires) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 7, plate 9, figures 1-4, plate 19, figures 1-2.[2]
  • Battus polystictus galenus (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Brazil: Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro) Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 7, plate 9, figures 5-6.

References
  1. Battus at Funet
  2. Edwin Möhn, 2002 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part V (5), Papilionidae II:Battus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books.ISBN 978-3-931374-70-9
  • Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 23, figure 4.


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