Parides phosphorus
| Parides phosphorus | |
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| Subspecies P. p. gratianus, figure 13 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parides |
| Species: | P. phosphorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Parides phosphorus (H.W. Bates, 1861) | |
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Parides phosphorus is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical ecozone.
The larvae feed on Aristolochia.
Subspecies
- P. p. phosphorus Guianas, eastern Venezuela, Brazil (Pará)
- P. p. gratianus (Hewitson, 1861) Colombia
- P. p. vavi Racheli, 1992
- P. p. zopyron Lamas, 1998 northern Peru
- P. p. laurae Bollino & Costa, 2004 southeastern Venezuela
References
- Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6.
- Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 26, figure 20
- 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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