Parides tros
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parides |
| Species: | P. tros
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| Binomial name | |
| Parides tros (Fabricius, 1793)
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Parides tros is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm where it is endemic to Brazil.
The larva feeds on Aristolochia species including A. rumicifolia, A. cynanchifolia (P. t. tros), A. triangularis (P. t. danunciae).
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]- Parides tros tros (Brazil: Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo)[1]
- Parides tros danunciae Mielke, Casagrande & Mielke, 2000 (Brazil: Paraná, Santa Catarina)
Description from Seitz
[edit | edit source]P. dardanus Fabr. (= tros Fabr. = opleus Godt) (2 c). Tailed. Forewing in the male with a green spot before the hindmargin; the red area of the hindwing not opalescent. Female with a white area on the forewing, with obsolete margins. — An exclusively Brazilian species, which hitherto is only known from the province of Rio de Janeiro.[2]
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Seitz Plate 2
Description from Rothschild and Jordan(1906)
[edit | edit source]A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)[3] as dardanus Fabr.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Parides tros is a member of the aeneas species group[4]
The members are
- Parides aeneas
- Parides aglaope
- Parides burchellanus
- Parides echemon
- Parides eurimedes
- Parides lysander
- Parides neophilus
- Parides orellana
- Parides panthonus
- Parides tros
- Parides zacynthus
References
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- ^ Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Page 26, figure 26
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ Edwin Möhn, 2007 Butterflies of the World, Part 26: Papilionidae XIII. Parides Verlag Goecke & Evers Verlag Goecke & Evers Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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