• Source: Parides eurimedes

Parides eurimedes is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is commonly known as the mylotes cattleheart, Arcas cattleheart, pink-checked cattleheart, and true cattleheart. It is native to the Americas.




Subspecies


In 2004, Gerardo Lamas combined Parides arcas and Parides timias into Parides eurimedes. He lists the following subspecies:

P. e. eurimedes (Stoll, 1782) (northern Colombia and northern Venezuela)
P. e. agathokles (Kollar, 1850) (Colombia)
P. e. antheas (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) (Colombia)
P. e. arriphus (Boisduval, 1836) (central Colombia)
P. e. emilius Constantino, 1999 (western Colombia)
P. e. mycale (Godman & Salvin, 1890) (Panama to northern Colombia)
P. e. mylotes (H.W. Bates, 1861) (southern Mexico to Costa Rica)
P. e. timias (Gray, [1853]) (western Ecuador)





















Description


The wingspan measures 7 to 8.5 cm (2.8 to 3.3 in). P. e. mylotes is black with both sexes having a red patch on the dorsal hindwing. The dorsal forewing of the male has a triangular green patch. The female has a white patch on the dorsal forewing. A full description (as P. arcas and P.timias) is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)




Distribution and habitat


P. eurimedes is found in the Neotropical realm from Mexico to northern South America, where it is commonly found in tropical forests.




Life cycle


The purple-brown caterpillar is spotted with black. A white lateral stripe is found on each side of the body. The chrysalis is pale yellow green. Host plants include Aristolochia grandiflora, A. nummularfolia, A. odoratissima, A. pilosa, and A. tonduzii.




Taxonomy


Parides eurimedes is a member of the aeneas species group
The members are

Parides aeneas
Parides aglaope
Parides burchellanus
Parides echemon
Parides eurimedes
Parides lysander – Lysander cattleheart
Parides neophilus – spear-winged cattleheart
Parides orellana
Parides panthonus – panthonus cattleheart
Parides tros
Parides zacynthus




References






Further reading



Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 92. ISBN 0-945417-28-4.
Glassberg, Jeffrey (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-4243-0915-3.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Parides eurimedes
• Parides
• List of butterflies of Colombia
• Parides tros
• Parides zacynthus
• Parides burchellanus
• List of butterflies of Texas
• Parides neophilus
• Parides panthonus
• List of butterflies of Mexico