| Mimoides microdamas | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Mimoides |
| Species: | M. microdamas
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| Binomial name | |
| Mimoides microdamas (Burmeister, 1878)1
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Mimoides microdamas is a Neotropical butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in southern Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
Description
A yellowish band from the costal margin of the forewing to the anal angle of the hindwing; under surface without red basal spots on the forewing, with four spots on the hindwing. Female similar to the male.2
Biology
A lowland species.
References
References
- Mimoides, funet.fi
- Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45
- Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Lewis, H.L. (1974). Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 23, figure 22