Parides anchises

Anchises Cattleheart
Parides anchises anchises - Muséum de Toulouse
Parides anchises anchises - △ Muséum de Toulouse
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 Aristolochia - A. brazilsis, A. bukuti, A. colombiana, A. cymbifera, A. fimbriata, A. inflata, A. macroura, A. odora, A. ringens, and A. triangularis.[3]

Subspecies

P. a. nephalion
Plate depicting several subspecies

References

  1. Warren, A. D.; et al (2010). "Parides anchises". Butterflies of America. 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 978-2-88032-603-6.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 Savela, Markku. "Parides anchises". funet.fi. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  4. Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 26, figure 17, female

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