Eurytides epidaus
# Eurytides epidaus

Eurytides epidaus, the Mexican kite swallowtail or long-tailed kite swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Mexico and Central America.

The wingspan is 40–45 mm.

The larvae feed on Annona reticulata and Rollinia species

## Subspecies

There are three recognised subspecies:

* Eurytides epidaus epidaus (southern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Puebla, Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán, Quintana Roo, N. Oaxaca, N. Chiapas), Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
* Eurytides epidaus tepicus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) western Mexico: Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima)
* Eurytides epidaus fenochionis (Salvin & Godman, 1868) (south-western Mexico: Michoacán, Guerrero, Morelos, Oaxaca, S. Veracruz, Chiapas)
