Parides tros
Species of butterfly
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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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parides |
| Species: | P. tros |
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| Parides tros (Fabricius, 1793) | |
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The larva feeds on Aristolochia species including A. rumicifolia, A. cynanchifolia (P. t. tros), A. triangularis (P. t. danunciae).
Subspecies
- 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
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]
Seitz Plate 2
Description from Rothschild and Jordan(1906)
A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)[3] as dardanus Fabr.
Taxonomy
Parides tros is a member of the aeneas species group[4]
The members are
