Parides pizarro
Species of butterfly
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Parides pizarro is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.
| Parides pizarro | |
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| Parides pizarro male from Seitz | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parides |
| Species: | P. pizarro |
| Binomial name | |
| Parides pizarro (Staudinger, 1884) [2] | |
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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
- Parides chabrias
- Parides coelus
- Parides hahneli
- Parides mithras
- Parides pizarro
- Parides quadratus
Status
A rare species. Protected in Tambopata National Reserve in Peru.[5]
Subspecies
Etymology
Named for Francisco Pizarro.
