Global InformationBattus polydamas antiquus information
| Battus polydamas antiquus | |
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| Male | |
Conservation status
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 Extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Battus |
| Species: | B. polydamas
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| Subspecies: | †B. p. antiquus
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| Trinomial name | |
| †Battus polydamas antiquus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
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Battus polydamas antiquus is an extinct subspecies of the Polydamas swallowtail within the butterfly family Papilionidae. It is only known by a drawing from 1770 by British entomologist Dru Drury. It was endemic to Antigua.
- ^ Grice, H., Hall, P., Mega, N., Nunez-Bustos, E. & Freitas, A.V.L. 2018. Battus polydamas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T110520503A110520514. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110520503A110520514.en. Accessed on 27 June 2023.