Parides

Cattleheart butterflies
Parides aeneas - Muséum de Toulouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
Tribe: Troidini
Genus: Parides
Hübner, [1819]
Species

Numerous, see text

Synonyms
  • Hectorides Hübner, 1821
  • Endopogon Lacordaire, 1833
  • Ascanides Geyer, 1837
  • Blakea Grote, 1875

Parides, commonly called cattlehearts, is a genus of swallowtail butterflies in the family Papilionidae. They are found in the Americas (Neotropical ecozone).

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups.[1]
species group: ascanius

species group: klagesi

species group: chabrias

species group: aeneas

species group: sesostris

species group: anchises

References

  1. Parides, funet.fi

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