Parides phosphorus

Parides phosphorus
Subspecies P. p. gratianus, figure 13
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Parides
Species:	P. phosphorus
Binomial name
Parides phosphorus (H.W. Bates, 1861)
Synonyms
Papilio phosphorus Bates, 1861 Papilio gratianus Hewitson, 1861 Papilio phosphorus var. colombianus Krüger, 1925

Parides phosphorus is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical ecozone.

The larvae feed on Aristolochia.

Subspecies

• P. p. phosphorus Guianas, eastern Venezuela, Brazil (Pará)
• P. p. gratianus (Hewitson, 1861) Colombia
• P. p. vavi Racheli, 1992
• P. p. zopyron Lamas, 1998 northern Peru
• P. p. laurae Bollino & Costa, 2004 southeastern Venezuela

References

• Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6.
• Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 26, figure 20
• Edwin Möhn, 2006 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the World Part XXVI (26), Papilionidae XIII. Parides. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-937783-27-7 (Supplement 13 in English - by Racheli)