Mimoides euryleon, the false cattleheart swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.

Also the undersides of the wings are iridescent black or dark brown, with small red spots in the basal area of the hindwings.

Female similar to the male or different from it; in the latter case forewing with cell-spot and two discal bands, all white, recalling pausanius and protodamas f. choridamas.

Discal area of the forewing white-grey; the red band of the hindwing broad, always entering the cell.

female: the cell-spot of the forewing narrowed anteriorly, the band of the hindwing entering the cell.

[1] This species is widespread in the Neotropical realm, in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.

It lives in the Andes at an elevation between 600 and 1600 m. Caterpillars feed on Annona glabra and Guatteria oliviformis.