Eurytides agesilaus, the short-lined kite swallowtail, is a medium-sized species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.

The forewings are triangular shaped and the hindwings are adorned with a long sword-like tails.

The females are like the males but have rather larger pale submarginal spots on the hindwings.

They are easy to recognise by the red line of the hindwing being edged with black distally.

This species is mainly present in Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.