Parides photinus

Pink-spotted cattleheart
Ventral view
Mounted specimen on display at Museo di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi, Bergamo. Dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Troidini
Genus: Parides
Species: P. photinus
Binomial name
Parides photinus
(Doubleday, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Papilio photinus (Doubleday, 1844)
  • Papilio dares (Hewitson, 1867)
  • Papilio thylodilus (Ehrmann, 1921)
  • Papilio photinus f. escalantei (C.C. Hoffman, 1940)

Parides photinus, the pink-spotted cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.

Description

Parides photinus has a wingspan reaching 90–100 millimetres (3.5–3.9 in). Adults are black with the hindwing having a blue-green sheen especially in the male. There are no wing bands. Two rows of red spots are found along the hindwing margin.[1][2] The hindwings have short tails. The undersides are similar to the upsides. The larvae feed on Aristolochia grandiflora and A. asclepiadifolia.[3]

Distribution and habitat

This species can be found from Mexico to Costa Rica, in Nicaragua and in Honduras. It lives in forests, where it is common to abundant. Its range is extended from the sea level to 5000 feet.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Winged Wonders". Oregon Zoo. 2005. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  2. ↑ Lewis, H. L. (1974). Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 26, figure 21.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Parides photinus". funet.fi. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Collins, N. Mark; Collins, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtails of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN Protected Area Programme Series. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K.: IUCN. p. 67. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6.

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