title: Mimoides
text: # Mimoides
  
  Mimoides is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae. The species native to the Americas were formerly in genus Eurytides.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Mimoides ariarathes (Esper, 1788)
  * Mimoides euryleon (Hewitson, [1856]) – false cattleheart swallowtail
  * Mimoides ilus (Fabricius, 1793) – Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail
  * Mimoides lysithous (Hübner, [1821])
  * Mimoides microdamas (Burnmeister, 1878)
  * Mimoides pausanias (Hewitson, 1852) – bluish mimic-swallowtail or Pausanias swallowtail
  * Mimoides phaon (Boisduval, 1836) – variable swallowtail or red-sided swallowtail
  * Mimoides protodamas (Godart, 1819)
  * Mimoides thymbraeus (Boisduval, 1836) – white-crescent swallowtail
  * Mimoides xeniades (Hewitson, 1867)
  * Mimoides xynias (Hewitson, 1875)
  