Parides vertumnus
Parides vertumnus is a butterfly from Neotropic ecozone (South America). The first description was in 1779 by Cramer. The wingspan is about 9 – 10 cm. Parides vertumnus 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.
Photos for easy identification
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Here you can see some photos of Parides vertumnus (male above / female below). Parides vertumnus is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE from Neotropic ecozone (South America).
Description
The fore wings are dark-brown or black. Next to the body there is a green area.
The underside of Parides vertumnus is dark-brown or black.
The hind wings of Parides vertumnus are black. The edge is wavy. A red area with black veins dominates the wing.
The underside is black. 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 dark-brown. A large white area dominates the fore wing. And a large red area dominates the hind wings.
Distribution
Parides vertumnus is a butterfly from the Neotropic (South America) ecozone. You can observe this butterfly from Colombia and Venezuela until Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.
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Larval food
Aristolochiaceae:
- Aristolochia acutifolia
- Aristolochia burhcelli
- Aristolochia elegans
- Aristolochia odoratissima
General information
The first description of this butterfly was in 1779 by Cramer. There are eight subspecies.
- Parides vertumnus astorius [Zikán, 1940]
- Parides vertumnus autumnus [Staudinger, 1898]
- Parides vertumnus cutora [Gray, 1853]
- Parides vertumnus bogotanus [C. & R. Felder, 1864]
- Parides vertumnus diceros [Gray, 1853]
- Parides vertumnus pseudobogotanus [Krüger, 1926]
- Parides vertumnus pyrophanus [Zikán, 1937]
- Parides vertumnus yuracares [Rothschild & Jordan, 1906]
The hind wings has a structure-colour.
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Here you can see the subspecies Parides vertumnus yuracares (male). The wingspan is about 8 cm.
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Here you can see the structure-colour (male).
Protection provisions / Red List
- CITES: (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora):
-no entry- - EU regulation on trading with species of wild Fauna and Flora
-no entry- - IUCN Red List of threatened species:
-no entry-
Similar and closely-related species
Scientific name
Parides vertumnus Cramer 1779
Other names
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Classification / Taxonomy / Family tree
- Kingdom: ANIMALIA
- Phylum: ARTHROPODA
- Class: INSECTA
- Order: LEPIDOPTERA
- Suborder: DITRYSIA
- Superfamily: PAPILIONOIDEA
- Family: PAPILIONIDAE
- Subfamily: PAPILIONINAE
- Tribe: TROIDINI
- Subtribe: TROIDINA
- Genus: PARIDES
- Specific name: VERTUMNUS
