Parides

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Cattleheart butterflies
Parides aeneas - Muséum de Toulouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
Tribe: Troidini
Genus: Parides
Hübner, [1819]
Species

Numerous, see text

Synonyms
  • Hectorides Hübner, 1821
  • Endopogon Lacordaire, 1833
  • Ascanides Geyer, 1837
  • Blakea Grote, 1875

Parides, commonly called Cattlehearts, is a genus of swallowtail butterflies in the family Papilionidae. They are found in the Americas (Neotropical ecozone).

List of species

Listed alphabetically within groups.[1]
The ascanius species group:

The klagesi species group:

The chabrias species group:

The aeneas species group:

The sesostris species group:

The anchises species group:

References

  1. Parides, funet.fi
  • Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL. ISBN 0-945417-28-4
  • Jeffrey Glassberg (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-4243-0915-3

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