Parides cutorina

Parides cutorina
Parides cutorina and related species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Parides
Species:	P. cutorina
Binomial name
Parides cutorina (Staudinger, 1898)
Synonyms
Papilio cutorina Staudinger, 1898 Papilio cutorina f. dilutus Joicey & Talbot, 1922 Papilio mazeppa Grose-Smith, 1899

Parides cutorina is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is found in the Neotropical ecozone (Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil: Pará and Amazonas).

The larvae feed on Aristolochia.

References

• Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf
• Edwin Möhn, 2006 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part XXVI (26), Papilionidae XIII. Parides. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-937783-27-7 (Supplement 13 in English - by Racheli)
• Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 26, figure 7, female.

External links

• External images
• Butterfly Corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

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