Eurytides salvini


Eurytides salvini, Salvin's kite swallowtail, is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm in southern Veracruz, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Belize and Verapaz.

Description

The black bands very much reduced, a narrow band in the middle of the cell, not extending beyond the median vein; under surface glossy white; hindwing with black-brown discal band which runs almost straight from the costal margin to the red anal spot. 1. and 2. subcostals of the forewing distally confluent with the costa. Guatemala, British Honduras and Yucatán; most of the specimens in collections come from the woods in northern Verapaz, Guatemala.

Status

Uncommon. No known threats.

Etymology

The name honours Osbert Salvin.