Parides coelus
Parides coelus | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Parides |
Species: | P. coelus |
Binomial name | |
Parides coelus (Boisduval, 1836) | |
Parides coelus is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is endemic to French Guiana.
Description
Forewing with a white spot, obsolete at the margins, which fills up the extremity of the cell, and extends on to the disc. Hindwing with red band on the disc, in the male composed of four spots, in the female of six.
Status
A rare little known species.
Sources
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Parides coelus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
References
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 26, figure 6, female
External links
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