Parides zacynthus

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Parides zacynthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parides
Species:
P. zacynthus
Binomial name
Parides zacynthus
(Fabricius, 1793) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio zacynthus Fabricius, 1793
  • Papilio dimas Fabricius, 1793
  • Papilio polymetus Godart, 1819
  • Papilio orsillus Gray, [1853]

Parides zacynthus is a species of

Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm where it is endemic to Eastern Brazil.[2]

The larvae feed on Aristolochia species (including Aristolochia macroura, Aristolochia odora and Aristolochia ruminifolia).

Subspecies

  • Parides zacynthus zacynthus (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Paraná)[3]
  • Parides zacynthus polymetus (Godart, 1819) (Brazil: Pernambuco to Bahia)

Description from Seitz

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P. zacynthus. Band on the forewing in the male greenish blue. The spots on the under surface of the hindwing of the female paler than in P. neophilus. Brazil, from Rio de Janeiro northwards, in two geographical forms. Not rare in damp localities overgrown with bushes. The larva is grey-brown , with a yellow lateral stripe. — The form from the province of Rio de Janeiro, zacynthus F. (5b), occurs in the neighbourhood of the town of Rio, but is much rarer than P. nephalion. The forewing is not transparent at the apex; the female has a spot in the cell of the forewing. — The northern form, from Pernambuco, Bahia and Rio Tapajos, is polymetus Godt. (5 b). The forewing is transparent at the apex and the female has no spot in the cell, or only a very small one.[4]

  • Seitz
    Seitz

Description from Rothschild and Jordan(1906)

A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)[5]

Taxonomy

Parides zacynthus is a member of the aeneas species group.[6]

The members are

References

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  1. ^ Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta: Secundun classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae
  2. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6
    – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ISBN 0-245-52097-X
    Page 26, figure 28
  4. ^ Jordan, K. , in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ISBN 9783937783277


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