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Jamaican kite swallowtail butterfly

Eurytides marcellinus · Wherever found · ECOS entity 1412

Federal ESA status Proposed Endangered

The Jamaican kite swallowtail butterfly is proposed for listing as endangeredendangered: In danger of dying out in all or much of the places where it lives.. The listing is not final yet. This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. The latest step was a proposed ruleproposed rule: A draft decision. It is published so anyone can comment before it becomes final., published on April 17, 2026. The next date that matters is April 16, 2027: the statutory datestatutory date: The date the law sets for a step. for the final critical habitatcritical habitat: Places the agency marks as needed for the species to recover. rule.

Next date that matters — the statutory date for the final critical habitat rule

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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.

Timeline for Jamaican kite swallowtail butterfly
StepStatutory dateWorkplan or court-ordered datePublished (Federal Register)
90-day finding90-day finding: The agency's first answer to a petition, saying whether it is worth a full review.
Statutory date April 10, 1994 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A) Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026
Proposed ruleproposed rule: A draft decision. It is published so anyone can comment before it becomes final. None set Not in the workplan
Proposed rule published in the Federal Register on April 17, 2026. FR 2026-07513
Comments accepted until June 16, 2026. FR 2026-07513
Final rulefinal rule: The decision that puts a listing or a habitat rule into effect.
Statutory date April 16, 2027 (final rule, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(A)). No final rule or withdrawal notice published in the Federal Register as of October 24, 2026. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026
Final critical habitatcritical habitat: Places the agency marks as needed for the species to recover. rule
Statutory date April 16, 2027 (critical habitat with listing, 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(A)(i), (b)(6)(C)). No final critical habitat rule published in the Federal Register as of October 24, 2026. 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(A)(i), (b)(6)(C)
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent prudent and determinable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(A)(i), (b)(6)(C)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026

Petitions

  • “Jamaican kite swallowtail (Eurytides marcellinus); List as Endangered”: petition date (closed). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.

Identifiers and sources

This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/1412
ECOS
Species profile 5303
Federal Register
Regulations.gov