Parides anchises

Anchises Cattleheart
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Troidini
Genus: Parides
Species: P. anchises
Binomial name
Parides anchises
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Papilio anchises Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio telmosis H. W. Bates, 1861
  • Papilio eteocles C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
  • Papilio citri Fabricius, 1938 (repl. name)

Parides anchises is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae native to the Americas. It is commonly known as the Anchises Cattleheart.[1] It is common and not threatened.[2] The larvae feed on A. brazilsis, A. bukuti, A. colombiana, A. cymbifera, A. fimbriata, A. inflata, A. macroura, A. odora, A. ringens, and A. triangularis.[3]

Subspecies

References

  1. ^ Warren, A. D.; et al (2010). "Parides anchises". Butterflies of America. http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Parides_anchises_a.htm. Retrieved 22 January 2011. 
  2. ^ Collins, N. Mark; Collins, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtails of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN Protected Area Programme Series. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K.: IUCN. p. 70. ISBN 9782880326036. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Savela, Markku. "Parides anchises". funet.fi. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/parides/index.html#anchises. Retrieved 22 January 2011. 

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