Parides gundlachianus
| Cuban cattleheart | |
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| Parides gundlachianus in a plate from Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara - at bottom right | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Tribe: | Troidini |
| Genus: | Parides |
| Species: | P. gundlachianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Parides gundlachianus (C. & R. Felder, 1864) | |
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Parides gundlachianus, the Cuban cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is an endemic species found only in Cuba. The name honours the Cuban naturalist Juan Gundlach.
It is the brightest-coloured American swallowtail, and may be recognised by the brilliant blue bands on the forewing.
The dark ash-grey larva is striped longitudinally, the head and thoracic legs are black; the black longitudinal stripes in part margined with white; the anterior and posterior segments bear long pointed tubercles which are partly white.
Occurs in the mountainous eastern part of the island, especially near the coast, where it is met with on flowers, and sometimes also drinking at pools.
Subspecies
- Parides gundlachianus gundlachianus (eastern Cuba)
- Parides gundlachianus alayoi Hernández, Alayón & Smith, 1995 (western Cuba)
Etymology
The specific epithet honours the Cuban naturalist Juan Gundlach.
See also
References
- Hamilton A. Tyler; Keith S. Brown; Kent H. Wilson 1992 Swallowtail Butterflies of the Americas Scientific Pub ISBN 0-945417-91-8
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 26, figure 4 as columbus, figure 10 as gundlachianus.
Further reading
- Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-945417-28-4.
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