The forewings are dark brown or black, but the pinion is a little bit brighter than the bigger part of wing. There is a chains of little yellow spots in the middle of wing.
The underside is dark brown or black, but the pinion is yellow and greenish.

The hind wings are dark brown or black and have no tails. The margin is ridged. At the margin there is a chain of big yellow spots. There is a little greenish iridescence on hole wing.
The underside is yellow and greenish. The veins are black. At the margin there is a broad black band. This black band contain a chain of yellow spots and a chain of red spots.

The body is black with greenish hairs. The opisthosoma is yellowish.

Sex differences: None.

Aristolochia

The first description of this butterfly was in 1869 by Hewitson. There are no subspecies.
Larval food are poisonous plants. Therefore caterpillar, pupa and butterfly is uneatable for predator.

• CITES: (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora):
  
  -no entry- (as at 23.06.2005)
  
  
• EU regulation on trading with species of wild Fauna and Flora
  
  -no entry- (as at 19.08.2005)
  
  
• IUCN Red List of threatened species:
  
  -no entry- (as at 2004)  (see: www.redlist.org/)
  
  
  

Battus polydamas [Linnaeus, 1758] (Gold-rim Swallowtail, Polydamas Schwalbenschwanz)

Battus streckerianus [Honrath, 1884]

Battus philetas Hewitson 1869

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• Kingdom:    ANIMALIA
• Phylum:    ARTHROPODA
• Class:    INSECTA
• Order:    LEPIDOPTERA
• Suborder:    DITRYSIA
• Superfamily:    PAPILIONOIDEA
• Family:    PAPILIONIDAE
• Subfamily:    PAPILIONINAE
• Tribe:    TROIDINI
• Genus:    BATTUS
• Specific name:    PHILETAS

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