Parides neophilus

Parides neophilus
male
female P. n. parianus, Trinidad
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Parides
Species:	P. neophilus
Binomial name
Parides neophilus (Geyer , 1837)
Synonyms
Priamides neophilus Geyer, 1837 Papilio anaximenes C. & R. Felder, 1862 Papilio neophilus consus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio neophilus ecbolius Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio eurybates Gray, [1853] Papilio eupales Gray, [1853] Papilio eurybates f. autumnalis Köhler, 1923 Papilio neophilus parianus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio olivencius Bates, 1861 Papilio schuppi Röber, 1927 Battus (Parides) neophilus napoensis Varea, 1975

The Spear-winged cattleheart, Parides neophilus is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is found in the Neotropical ecozone.

The larvae feed on Aristolochia trilobata and Aristolochia colombiana.

Subspecies

• P. n. neophilus Guianas, Surinam, S.Venezuela
• P. n. anaximenes (C. & R. Felder, 1862) Peru
• P. n. consus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) Bolivia
• P. n. ecbolius (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) Brazil (Pará, Amazonas)
• P. n. eurybates (Gray, [1853]) Brazil(Mato Grosso, W.São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones)
• P. n. parianus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) Trinidad, Venezuela
• P. n. olivencius (Bates, 1861) Colombia, Peru, Brazil(Amazonas)
• P. n. napoensis Varea, 1975 East Ecuador

References

• Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf
• Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 26, figure 16
• 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)

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