title: Eurytides dioxippus
text: # Eurytides dioxippus
  
  Eurytides dioxippus is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  * E. d. dioxippus - Panama to Colombia
  * E. d. marae (Racheli, Bollino & Sala, 1990) - south-western Venezuela: Tachira, Barinas
  * E. d. diores (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) - Colombia, Ecuador: Napo, Peru, Bolivia: Mapiri
  * E. d. lacandones (Bates, 1864), the thick-border kite swallowtail - south-western Mexico: Veracruz, eastern Chiapas, Guatemala to Costa Rica, western Panama. Often sold to collectors.
  
  ## Description
  
  Wings on the upper surface with common green-yellow triangular area; forewing with vestiges of costal bands; hindwing with 2 red spots at the anal angle. Very common in Bogota-collections; Valleys of the Gauca, Magdalena and Meta Rivers, at moderate elevations.
  
  ## Status
  
  Restricted range but common and not threatened
  
  