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Ruby-spotted Swallowtail
Anne Toal from US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Butterflies & moths

Ruby-spotted Swallowtail

Papilio anchisiades Esper, 1788

Names

EnglishRuby-spotted Swallowtail
Dutch—
SpanishCometa de manchas rubí
Chinese拟红纹凤蝶
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific namePapilio anchisiades Esper, 1788

About this species

Papilio anchisiades, the ruby-spotted swallowtail or red-spotted swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found from southern Texas south to Argentina. Rare strays can be found up to Kansas, southeastern Arizona, and western Texas.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPapilionidae
GenusPapilio

In Suriname

13Records in Suriname
1950First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini4
  • Paramaribo3
  • Brokopondo2
  • Wanica1
  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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