| Cattleheart butterflies | |
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| Parides aeneas - Muséum de Toulouse | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Papilioninae |
| Tribe: | Troidini |
| Genus: |
Parides Hübner, [1819] |
| Species | |
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Numerous, see text |
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| Synonyms | |
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Numerous, see text
Parides, commonly called cattlehearts, is a genus of swallowtail butterflies in the family Papilionidae. They are found in the Americas (Neotropical ecozone).
Listed alphabetically within groups:
species group: ascanius
species group: klagesi
species group: chabrias
species group: aeneas
species group: sesostris
species group: anchises