Parides cutorina | |
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Parides cutorina and related species | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Parides |
Species: | P. cutorina
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Binomial name | |
Parides cutorina (
Staudinger, 1898)
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Parides cutorina is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm (Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil: Pará and Amazonas). It is an uncommon local species which may be threatened. [1]
The larvae feed on Aristolochia.
P. cutorina Stgr. (female = mazeppa Grose-Smith) (3 c). Palpi red. Forewing of the male with a green spot; in the female without spot, the fringes spotted with white. Hindwing in the male with two contiguous red spots on the upper surface, the spots on the under surface yellowish white; in the female the wing has a yellowish white band on both surfaces; 2. and 3. radials close together, the transverse vein between them not oblique. — Upper Amazon and slopes of the Andes of Ecuador and Peru. [2]
A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906) [3]
Parides cutorina is a member of the anchises species group [4]
The members are