Mimoides phaon

Red-sided swallowtail[1]
Green form
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Mimoides
Species:
M. phaon
Binomial name
Mimoides phaon
(Boisduval, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Papilio phaon Boisduval, 1836
  • Papilio ulopos Gray, [1853]
  • Papilio xenarchus Hewitson, [1853]
  • Papilio eridamas Reakirt, 1866
  • Papilio metaphaon Butler, 1874
  • Papilio pharax Godman & Salvin, [1890]
  • Papilio hipparchus Staudinger, 1884
  • Papilio pharnabazus Ehrmann, 1920
  • Papilio pyrholochus Ehrmann, 1920
  • Papilio phaon f. nero Röber, 1931 (preocc. Fabricius, 1793)
  • Eurytides hipparchus

Mimoides phaon, the red-sided swallowtail or variable swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is native to the Americas.