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Battus polystictus

Synonyms: Papilio polystictus janira

Wikipedia Abstract

Battus polystictus is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. The larvae feed on Aristolochia brasiliensis, Aristolochia fimbriata and Aristolochia triangularis.
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Prey / Diet

Aristolochia fimbriata[1]
Aristolochia labiata (mottled dutchman's pipe)[1]
Aristolochia triangularis[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0