The purpose of this study was to highlight the morphological components of the abdomen of the adults of Heraclides
anchisiades capys (Hübner, [1809]), seeking a comparative focus with other Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. The
most relevant morphological characters were: absence of post-espiracular bar in both the sexes, presence of
superuncus in the males as a projection of the eighth tergum and saccus with a posterior projection, bursa
copulatrix with approximately 2.3 times the length of the ductus bursae in the females.
