Parides quadratus
Species of butterfly
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Parides quadratus is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Brazil and Peru.
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| Parides quadratus spoliatus in Museum Wiesbaden | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parides |
| Species: | P. quadratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Parides quadratus | |
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Description
Forewing long; hindwing in both sexes with a band consisting of yellowish-white spots on the disc close to the cell, and on the under surface in addition with a red spot at the hind angle. In the name-typical form quadratus the forewing has a yellowish-white spot before the second median. In spoliatus Staudinger neither sex has a spot on the forewing.
Taxonomy
Parides quadratus is a member of the chabrias species group[3]
The members are
- Parides chabrias
- Parides coelus
- Parides hahneli
- Parides mithras
- Parides pizarro
- Parides quadratus
Status
A rare species.
Subspecies
- Parides quadratus quadratus (Brazil: eastern Amazonas)
- Parides quadratus spoliatus (Staudinger, 1898) (Brazil: western Amazonas, northern Peru)
