Parides anchises
Encyclopedia
Parides anchises is a species of butterfly
in the family Papilionidae native to the Americas
. It is commonly known as the Anchises Cattleheart. It is common and not threatened. The larvae feed on A. brazilsis, A. bukuti, A. colombiana, A. cymbifera, A. fimbriata, A. inflata, A. macroura, A. odora, A. ringens, and A. triangularis.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the family Papilionidae native to the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
. It is commonly known as the Anchises Cattleheart. It is common and not threatened. The larvae feed on A. brazilsis, A. bukuti, A. colombiana, A. cymbifera, A. fimbriata, A. inflata, A. macroura, A. odora, A. ringens, and A. triangularis.
Subspecies
- Parides anchises anchises (Linnaeus, 1758) (GuyanaGuyanaGuyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
to French GuianaFrench GuianaFrench Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west...
) - Parides anchises alyattes (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861) (central ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
) - Parides anchises bukuti Brévignon, 1998 (French Guiana)
- Parides anchises cymochles (Doubleday, 1844) (TrinidadTrinidadTrinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
and eastern VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
) - Parides anchises drucei (Butler, 1874) (Colombia to northern BoliviaBoliviaBolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
) - Parides anchises etias (Rothchild & Jordan, 1906) (northern Bolivia)
- Parides anchises farfan K. S. Brown, 1994 (PanamaPanamaPanama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
) - Parides anchises foetterlei (Rothchild & Jordan, 1906) (central to southern BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
) - Parides anchises humaita D'Abrera, 1981 (northwestern Brazil)
- Parides anchises koenigi T. Racheli, 1989 (PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
) - Parides anchises marinae T. Racheli, 1987 (Peru)
- Parides anchises marthilia R. G. Maza, 1999 (southern MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
) - Parides anchises nephalion (Godart, 1819) (eastern Brazil to ParaguayParaguayParaguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
and northern ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
) - Parides anchises nielseni Bollino & Salazar, 2001 (Colombia)
- Parides anchises orbignyanus (Lucas, 1852) (central Brazil to Paraguay)
- Parides anchises orinocensis (Rousseau-Decelle, 1960) (northeastern Venezuela)
- Parides anchises osyris (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861) (Venezuela)
- Parides anchises serapis (Boisduval, 1836) (northern Colombia to Venezuela)
- Parides anchises stilbon (Kollar, 1839) (southern Brazil)
- Parides anchises thelios (Gray, [1853]) (northern Brazil)