The forewings are black.
The underside is black, but there is a yellowish area at the wing leading edge.

The hind wings are black and have no tails. The margin is ridged. At the margin there is a chain of big yellow spots. A yellow band is crossing the wing. The veins are black. There is a little greenish iridescence on hole wing.
The underside is yellowish. In the middle of wing there is a broad black band. This black band contain a chain of white spots. In back there is one little red spot. The veins are black.

The body is black.

Sex differences: The female is brighter than male. Nearby the body there is a whitish area with black veins on all four wings. The yellow spots on hind wings are very pale.

Aristolochia

The first description of this butterfly was in 1884 by Honrath. There are some subspecies.

• Battus streckerianus atahualpa   [Racheli & Pischedda]
• Battus streckerianus peruanus   [Fuchs]
• Battus streckerianus renani   [Lamas]
• Battus streckerianus weyrauchi   [Lamas]

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 philetas [Hewitson, 1869]

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

Battus streckerianus Honrath 1884

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

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