Papilio alexiares
Papilio alexiares, the Mexican tiger swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Mexico and southern Texas.[1]
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| Species: | P. alexiares |
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| Papilio alexiares Höpffer, 1866 | |
Subspecies
- Papilio alexiares alexiares (east-central Mexico)
- Papilio alexiares garcia Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 north-eastern Mexico, western Texas
Taxonomy
It is sometimes listed as a subspecies of Papilio glaucus.[2]
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