Parides pizarro explained

Parides pizarro is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.

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)^[1]

Taxonomy

Parides pizarro is a member of the chabrias species group^[2]

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.^[3]

Subspecies

• Parides pizarro pizarro (Staudinger, 1884)
• Parides pizarro kuhlmanni (E. May, 1925)
• Parides pizarro steinbachi (Rothschild, 1905) ^[4] Forewing in both sexes with a large white spot before hind margin; hindwing with a red band. Bolivia.^[5]

Etymology

Named for Francisco Pizarro.

References

• Book: Lamas . Gerardo . Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea . 2004 . Scientific Publishers, Inc . Gainesville, Florida . 978-0-945417-28-6 . 93.

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Edwin Möhn, 2007 Butterflies of the World, Part 26: Papilionidae XIII. Parides Verlag Goecke & Evers Verlag Goecke & Evers
3. Book: Collins . N. Mark . N. Mark Collins . Morris . Michael G. . 1985 . Parides pizarro (Staudinger, 1890) . https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98674#page/80/mode/1up . Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book . . Gland & Cambridge . 68 . 978-2-88032-603-6 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
4. Rothschild, W. & Jordan, K. (1906). "A revision of the American Papilios". Novitates Zoologicae. 13: 411-752. (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967)
5. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)