Common names: Devilliers Swallowtail

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- morphology & identification
- geography & distribution
- ecology & conservation
- taxonomy & variation
- references & contacts

Morphology & Identification 

Battus devilliersii (GODART, 1823)

Battus devilliersii, male, upper side [specimen data ]

Diagnosis: [DELTA output???]

Adult: [male] forewing length: mm; wingspan: mm; . [female] forewing length: mm; wingspan: mm.
Egg:  mm, in diameter.
Larva:  mm, in length.
Pupa:  mm, in length.

Illustrations:
Adult: D'Abrera (1981:4-5); Racheli & Pariset (1992: pl.13); Riley (1975: pl.18); Smith et al. (1994: pl.24, fig.6); Torre (1947: pl.1, fig.2); Tyler et al. (1994: pl.51); genitalia: Racheli & Pariset (1992:47) [male]; Tyler et al. (1994:211) [male: valva: harpe].
Egg: [not yet illustrated].
Larva: Tyler et al. (1994: pl.31, fig.a) [L5].
Pupa: Tyler et al. (1994: pl.31, fig.b).

Geography & distribution 

Battus devilliersii (GODART, 1823)

Distibution of Battus devilliersii

Range:
Central America: West Indies: Western Bahamas (Andros, New Providence) and Cuba.

Records:
Bahamas:  Smith et al. (1994:164); Tyler et al. (1994:342);
Cuba:  Bates (1935); Legler (1998:403); Racheli & Pariset (1992: pl.13); Riley (1975:143); Rothschild & Jordan (1906:515); Tyler et al. (1994:342);

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Ecology (& Conservation) 

Battus devilliersii (GODART, 1823)

Habitat:
From sea level to, at least, 200 m.
- "sintopica con B. polydamas", "un'area ... con vegetazione mista di tipo xerico" [Cuba] Racheli & Pariset (1992:49);
- "generally associated with pineland and adjacent scrub" [Bahamas] Smith et al. (1994:164);
- [Cuba] Torre (1947);
- "Seasonal (Monsoon) Forest" Tyler et al. (1994:50);
- "remnant calcitic woodland with permanent water and lots of Zanthoxylum" [Cuba] Tyler et al. (1994:183);

Phenology:
- "March to May and again in August and September, apparently in two broods" [Cuba] Riley (1975:143);
- [Cuba] Torre (1947);

Adult:
- "sfruttano le ricorse alimentari costituite da Lantana camara dalle ore 12 alle 14, mentre nelle altre ore gli individui pattugliano un'area di circa un chilometro di diametro" Racheli & Pariset (1992:49);
- "Other than when visiting flowers, its flight is swift and powerful" Smith et al. (1994:164);

Egg:
Eggs are probably laid directly onto the larval hostplant.

Larva:
Larvae feed exclusively on vines of the genus Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae); the following hostplant species have been recorded:
Aristolochia elegans [Bahamas]: Smith et al. (1994:164);
- Torre (1947);
- Hostplant: "Aristolochia (several species)": Tyler et al. (1994:pl.51);

Pupa:

Conservation:
The species is included by Tyler et al. (1994:177) in a list of 'critical New World Swallowtail species' as "poorly known". Battus devilliersii has not been included in the IUCN 'Red Data Book' (Collins & Morris 1985).

Taxonomy & variation 

 Battus devilliersii (GODART, 1823)
Originally described as: Papilio devilliersii
In: Godart, J.B. 1823. Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de lépidoptères diurnes. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Paris, 2: 226-243; pls. 19-21.
Type specimen(s): Syntype(s), originally in coll. [probably lost].
Type locality: "" [Cuba].
Comments: The original plates of Godart's paper were never published. In most of the literature, the species is referred to or listed as "Battus devilliers (Godart, 1824)" which refers to another publication by the same author that appeared later than the original description.

Taxonomy:
No synonyms or infraspecific taxa are known.

Variation:

References & contacts 

Battus devilliersii (GODART, 1823)

References:
Bates, M. 1935. The butterflies of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, 78: 63-258.
Collins, N.M. & Morris, M.G. 1985. Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World - The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland; vii, 401 pp., 8 plates.
D'Abrera, B. 1981. Butterflies of the Neotropical Region. Part 1. Papilionidae & Pieridae. Lansdowne Editions, East Melbourne; xvi, 172 pp.
Legler, O. 1998. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Tagfalterfauna der Insel Kuba, Große Antillen (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des entomologsichen Vereins Apollo, (N.F.) 18 (4): 397-410.
Racheli, T. & Pariset, L. 1992. Il genere Battus - Tassonomia e Storia Naturale. Fragmenta Entomologica, 23, Supplemento: 1-163; 27 plates.
Riley, N.D. 1975. A field guide to the butterflies of the West Indies. Collins, London; 224 pp., 24 plates.
Rothschild, W. & Jordan, K. 1906. A Revision of the American Papilios. Novitates Zoologicae, 13 (3): 411-752; plates IV-IX.
Smith, D.S., Miller, L.D. & Miller, J.Y. 1994. The Butterflies of the West Indies and South Florida. Oxford University Press, Oxford; x, 264 pp., 33 plates.
Torre y Callejas, S.L. de la 1947. Revista del Instituto Matanzas, 1 (1): 22-43.
Tyler, H.A., Brown, Jr., K.S. & Wilson, K.H. 1994. Swallowtail Butterflies of the Americas. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, Florida; 376 pp.

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