Parides anchises is a butterfly from Neotropic ecozone (South America). The first description was in 1758 by Linnaeus. The wingspan is about 9 – 10 cm. Parides anchises is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. The basic colour of this butterfly is dark-brown or black. Red and green areas dominate the wings. The hind wings have no tails.
The fore wings are dark-brown or black. A green area dominates the wing.
The underside of Parides anchises is dark-brown.
The hind wings of Parides anchises are black. The edge is wavy. A red area with black veins dominates the wing. The wings have a structure-colour.
The underside is dark-brown. Some red spots dominate the wing.
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. A large red area with black veins dominates the hind wings.
Parides anchises is a butterfly from the Neotropic (South America) ecozone. You can observe this butterfly from Mexico until Paraguay and Brazil.
This world map shows the ecozones in which this butterfly is distributed. |
Aristolochiaceae:
- Aristolochia burchellii
- Aristolochia brazilsis
- Aristolochia bukuti
- Aristolochia colombiana
- Aristolochia cymbifera
- Aristolochia fimbriata
- Aristolochia inflata
- Aristolochia lanceolato-lorata
- Aristolochia longecaudata
- Aristolochia macroura
- Aristolochia odora
- Aristolochia ringens
- Aristolochia triangularis
The first description of this butterfly was in 1758 by Linnaeus. There are many subspecies.
- Parides anchises alyattes [C. & R. Felder, 1865]
- Parides anchises bukuti [Brévignon, 1998]
- Parides anchises chumaita [D'Abrera, 1981]
- Parides anchises cymochles [Doubleday, 1844]
- Parides anchises drucei [Butler, 1874]
- Parides anchises etias [Rothschild & Jordan, 1906]
- Parides anchises farfan [Brown, 1994]
- Parides anchises foetterlei [Rothschild & Jordan, 1906]
- Parides anchises koenigi [Racheli, 1989]
- Parides anchises marinae [Racheli, 1981]
- Parides anchises marthilia [Maza, 1999]
- Parides anchises nielseni [Bollino & Salazar, 2001]
- Parides anchises nephalion [Godart, 1819]
- Parides anchises orbignyanus [Lucas, 1852]
- Parides anchises orinocensis [Rousseau-Decelle, 1960]
- Parides anchises osyris [C. & R. Felder, 1861]
- Parides anchises serapis [Boisduval, 1836]
- Parides anchises stilbon [Kollar, 1839]
- Parides anchises thelios [Gray, [1853]
The hind wings have a structure colour.
Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer |
Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer |
Here you can see the subspecies Parides anchises cymochles (male). The wingspan is about 7 - 8 cm.
Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer |
Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer |
Here you can see the subspecies Parides anchises stilbon (male). The wingspan is about 9 cm.
Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer |
Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer |
Here you can see the structure-colour (male).
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Parides anchises Linnaeus 1758
- Kingdom: ANIMALIA
- Phylum: ARTHROPODA
- Class: INSECTA
- Order: LEPIDOPTERA
- Suborder: DITRYSIA
- Superfamily: PAPILIONOIDEA
- Family: PAPILIONIDAE
- Subfamily: PAPILIONINAE
- Tribe: TROIDINI
- Subtribe: TROIDINA
- Genus: PARIDES
- Specific name: ANCHISES
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