Parides aeneas

Parides aeneas
Female, upperside (left) and underside (right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Parides
Species:	P. aeneas
Binomial name
Parides aeneas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Papilio aeneas Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio aeneides Esper, 1788 Parides gargasus Hübner, [1819] Papilio aeneas aeneas ♀-f. specularis Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio bolivar Hewitson, 1850 Papilio aeneas foucheri Le Moult, 1926 Papilio aeneas foucheri ab. decellei Le Moult, 1926 Papilio aeneas foucheri ab. flavosquamosus Le Moult, 1926 Papilio aeneas ab. rubrofimbriatus Le Moult, 1926 Papilio aeneas f. bolivar ab. imperfecta Krüger, 1933 Papilio opalinus Butler, 1877 Papilio aeneas damis Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio aeneas damis ♀-f. pyromelas Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio aeneas locris Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio aeneas gabrielensis Bryk, 1953 Papilio aeneas damis ♀-f. eucharia Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio aeneas linus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio bochus Lucas, 1852 (preocc. Stoll, 1782) Papilio aeneas aeneas ♀-f. dido Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

Parides aeneas is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical ecozone.

The larva feeds on Aristolochia burchelli and A. barbata

Subspecies

• P. a. aeneas Guianas, Surinam
• P. a. bolivar (Hewitson, 1850) Ecuador, NE.Peru, Colombia, Brazil (Amazonas)
• P. a. opalinus Butler, 1877 Brazil(Amazonas)
• P. a. damis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) Peru
• P. a. locris (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) Bolivia
• P. a. gabrielensis (Bryk, 1953) Brazil(Amazonas)
• P. a. marcius (Hübner, [1816]) Brazil (Pará)
• P. a. huallaga Racheli, 1988 Peru
• P. a. lamasi Racheli, 1988 Peru
• P. a. tucha Racheli, 1988 Peru
• P. a. linoides Brown & Lamas, 1994 Brazil (Pará)
• P. a. lucasi Brown & Lamas, 1994 French Guiana
• P. a. didas Brown & Lamas, 1994 Guiana, Surinam, French Guiana

References

• Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 18
• 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. 
• 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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