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)[3]
Taxonomy
Parides pizarro is a member of the chabrias species group[4]
The members are
Status
A rare species. Protected in Tambopata National Reserve in Peru.[5]
Subspecies
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Parides pizarro pizarro (Staudinger, 1884)
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Parides pizarro kuhlmanni (E. May, 1925)
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Parides pizarro steinbachi (Rothschild, 1905) [6] Forewing in both sexes with a large white spot before hind margin; hindwing with a red band. Bolivia.[7]
Etymology
Named for Francisco Pizarro.
References
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^ Grice, H.; Freitas, A.V.L.; Rosa, A.; Dias, F.M.S.; Mega, N.; Marini-Filho, O.; Casagrande, M.; Mielke, O. (2019). "Parides pizarro". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T16244A145166386. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T16244A145166386.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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^ Staudinger, 1884 Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische schmetterlinge
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^ 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
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^ Edwin Möhn, 2007 Butterflies of the World, Part 26: Papilionidae XIII. Parides Verlag Goecke & Evers Verlag Goecke & Evers ISBN 9783937783277
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^ Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). "Parides pizarro (Staudinger, 1890)". Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. p. 68. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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^ Rothschild, W. & Jordan, K. (1906). "A revision of the American Papilios". Novitates Zoologicae. 13: 411-752. (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967)
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^ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-945417-28-6.
