page_title: Papilio erostratus
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Papilio erostratus / Description
caption_attribution_description: Plate 10: Papilio a. Papilio androgeus androgeus Cr. = Papilio androgeus Cramer, [1775], ♂, upperwing Papilio androgeus laodocus F. = Papilio androgeus laodocus (Fabricius, 1793), ♀, upperwing Papilio androgeus androgeus Cr. f. androgeus Cr. = Papilio androgeus androgeus Cramer, [1775] f. androgeus, ♀, upperwing English: a.1.: Androgeus Swallowtail, male, upperwing; a.2.: Androgeus Swallowtail, female, upperwing; a.3.: Androgeus Swallowtail, androgeus form, female, upperwing b. Papilio oxynius Hbn. [sic] = Papilio oxynius (Geyer, [1827]), ♂, upperwing Papilio epenetus Hew. = Papilio epenetus Hewitson, 1861, ♀, upperwing Papilio epenetus Hew. = Papilio epenetus Hewitson, 1861, upperwing Papilio hyppason Cr. = Papilio hyppason Cramer, [1775], ♀, upperwing English: b.1.: Cuban Black Swallowtail, male, upperwing c. Papilio erostratus Westw. = Papilio erostratus erostratus Westwood, 1847, ♂, upperwing Papilio pharnaces Doubl. = Papilio rogeri pharnaces Doubleday, 1846, ♂, upperwing Papilio anchisiades capys Hbn. = Papilio anchisiades capys (Hübner, [1809]), ♂, upperwing Papilio hyppason Cr. = Papilio hyppason Cramer, [1775], ♂, upperwing English: c.1.: Erostratus Swallowtail, male, upperwing; c.2.: Pink-spotted Swallowtail, male, upperwing; c.3.: Ruby-spotted Swallowtail, male, upperwing d. Papilio chiansiades Westw. = Papilio chiansiades chiansiades Westwood, 1872, ♂, upperwing Papilio isidorus isidorus Doubl. = Papilio isidorus isidorus Doubleday, 1846, ♂, upperwing Papilio rhodostictus rhodostictus Btlr. &amp; Druce = Papilio isidorus rhodostictus Butler &amp; Druce, 1874, ♂, upperwing Papilio anchisiades anchisiades Esp. = Papilio anchisiades anchisiades Esper, 1788, ♂, upperwing English: d.4.: Ruby-spotted Swallowtail, male, upperwing
context_page_description: Papilio erostratus, the Erostratus swallowtail, is a species of Neotropical swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Belize and Mexico.
context_section_description: It is very similar to Papilio pharnaces but in the male the spots on the upper surface of the hindwing are yellowish white. In the female the spots are red also above, larger than in the female of P. pharnaces the marginal spots of both wings also somewhat larger than in the foregoing species. Tail long and narrow. Sympatric with  P. pharnaces in western Mexico.
caption: Plate from Adalbert Seitz's The Macrolepidoptera of the World showing both Papilio erostratus and Papilio rogeri pharnaces
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