Parides lysander is a butterfly from Neotropic ecozone (South America). The first description was in 1775 by Camer. The wingspan is about 8 – 10 cm. Parides lysander is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. The basic colour of this butterfly is black. Red spots and green areas dominate the wings. The hind wings have no tails.
The fore wings are black. A green area dominates the wing. The wing tip is dark-brown.
The underside of Parides lysander is dark-brown or black. Three tiny, yellowish spots dominate the wing.
The hind wings of Parides lysander are black. The edge is very wavy. In the middle of the wing there are four red spots.
The underside is very similar to the upside. But, there is an additional spot.
The body (abdomen) is black. The thorax is black. The head is black. The underside of all parts is black and it has red spots.
Sex differences: The basic colour of the female is brown. The hind wings (upside and underside) have a chain of large, red spots.
Parides lysander is a butterfly from the Neotropic (South America) ecozone. You can observe this butterfly from Brazil until Venezuela, Colombia and Peru.
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Aristolochiaceae:
- Aristolochia elegans
- Aristolochia huberiana
- Aristolochia leuconeura
- Aristolochia ruiziana
- Aristolochia sprucei
Rutaceae:
The first description of this butterfly was in 1775 by Cramer. There are five subspecies.
- CITES: (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora):
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Parides lysander Cramer 1775
- Kingdom: ANIMALIA
- Phylum: ARTHROPODA
- Class: INSECTA
- Order: LEPIDOPTERA
- Suborder: DITRYSIA
- Superfamily: PAPILIONOIDEA
- Family: PAPILIONIDAE
- Subfamily: PAPILIONINAE
- Tribe: TROIDINI
- Subtribe: TROIDINA
- Genus: PARIDES
- Specific name: LYSANDER
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