| Cuban Cattleheart | |
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| Parides gundlachianus figured in a plate from Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara-at bottom right. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Tribe: | Troidini |
| Genus: | Parides |
| Species: | P. gundlachianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Parides gundlachianus (C. & R. Felder, 1864) |
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Parides gundlachianus is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is commonly known as the Cuban Cattleheart. It is an endemic species found only in Cuba.The name honours the Cuban naturalist Juan Gundlach.
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Hamilton A. Tyler; Keith S. Brown; Kent H. Wilson 1992 Swallowtail Butterflies of the Americas Scientific Pub ISBN 0945417918