Parides pizarro

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Parides pizarro
Parides pizarro male from Seitz

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parides
Species:
P. pizarro
Binomial name
Parides pizarro
(Staudinger, 1884) [2]

Parides pizarro is a species of

Papilionidae. It is found in Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru
.

Description

Abdomen in the male quite black, in the female with a red spot before the apex on the underside. Forewing without spots, also none in the fringes. Hindwing with whitish yellow area, which in the male consists of three or four spots, in the female of three to six. A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)[3]

Taxonomy

Parides pizarro is a member of the chabrias species group[4]

The members are

Status

A rare species. Protected in Tambopata National Reserve in Peru.[5]

Subspecies

  • Parides pizarro pizarro (Staudinger, 1884)
  • Parides pizarro kuhlmanni (E. May, 1925)
  • Parides pizarro steinbachi (Rothschild, 1905) [6] Forewing in both sexes with a large white spot before hind margin; hindwing with a red band. Bolivia.[7]

Etymology

Named for Francisco Pizarro.

References

  1. . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Staudinger, 1884 Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische schmetterlinge
  3. ^ Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906). A revision of the American Papilios. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 411-752. (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967) and online
  4. – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ^ Rothschild, W. & Jordan, K. (1906). "A revision of the American Papilios". Novitates Zoologicae. 13: 411-752. (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 93. .