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 | |
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