-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

-Butterflies (Superfamily Papilionoidea)

-Swallowtails and Parnassians (Family Papilionidae)

-Swallowtails (Subfamily Papilioninae)

-Fluted Swallowtails (Tribe Papilionini)

-New World Giant Swallowtails and Allies (Genus Heraclides)

-Androgeus Swallowtail (Heraclides androgeus)

-Heraclides androgeus ssp. reyesorum

The Androgeus Swallowtail (Heraclides androgeus), also known as the Androgeus Giant Swallowtail, is a large and vibrant butterfly native to tropical and subtropical regions from Mexico to northern South America. Both sexes sip nectar from flowering shrubs and trees, playing a role in pollination.