Parides bunichus
| Parides bunichus | |
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| Parides bunichus damocrates Male | |
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| Parides bunichus chamissonia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parides |
| Species: | P. bunichus |
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| Parides bunichus (Hübner, [1821])[1] | |
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Parides bunichus is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.
The larva is brownish black, with an oblique white band, extending laterally from the 6th segment to the tubercle on the 7th. The pupal stage lasts three weeks.
The butterfly is very common and is one of the earliest spring species (August). From August to April there are at least three generations.
Parides bunichus bunichus
Subspecies
- Parides bunichus bunichus (Brazil: Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Santa Catarina)
- Parides bunichus chamissonia (Eschscholtz, 1821) (Brazil: Santa Catarina) Both wings with white band, that on the hindwing abbreviated; cell-spot of the hindwing not extending further towards the base than to the second median; red anal spot V-shaped.in forma echedorus Boisduval the fringes are partly black, at least at the extremities of the veins.
- Parides bunichus damocrates (Guenée, 1872) (Argentina, Uruguay) Much paler; the head and palpi are black, and the submarginal spots on the upper surface of the hindwing are not bright red.
- Parides bunichus diodorus (Hopffer, 1863) (Brazil: Goias, Bahia, Minas Gerais) has entirely white fringes. The breadth of the white band is variable.
- Parides bunichus perrhebus (Boisduval, 1836) (Paraguay, Brazil (São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), northern Argentina)
References
- ↑ "Parides at funet". Nic.funet.fi. 2012-04-28. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
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