Parides childrenae

Parides childrenae, the green-celled cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.^[2] It is found in southern North America and northern South America.

Green-celled cattleheart
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Parides
Species:	P. childrenae
Binomial name
Parides childrenae Gray, 1832 [1]

Description

The upperside of the wings is black. The male has a bright green patch and a small pale yellow subapical spot on the forewing. There is a red patch on the hindwing. The female has a small white patch on the trailing edge of the forewing and a few pale subapical spots. There is a band of red spots across the hindwing. The underside of the wings is also black. The male has small pale subapical spots on the forewing and a few red spots on the hindwing. The female's underside is the same as the upper side.^[2]

Description from Seitz

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

P. childrenae. The green area of the male is larger than in P. sesostris, covering also a part of the cell. The female has a transverse row of spots before the apex of the forewing, as well as two spots on the disc posteriorly. Distributed from Guatemala to Ecuador in two subspecies. — childrenae ' Gray (3 a) is the Central American form, which is found from Guatemala to Panama. Forewing of the male with a white spot before the apex. Band on the hindwing of the female bright red. — oedippus Luc. has in the male no white spot before the apex of the forewing, or only a very small one. In the female the band on the hindwing is a somewhat yellowish red on the inner side. Colombia and Ecuador.^[3]

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  Seitz
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  Original description

Description from Rothschild and Jordan(1906)

A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)^[4]

Taxonomy

Parides childrenae is a member of the sesostris species group^[5]

The members are

• Parides childrenae
• Parides sesostris

Etymology

The name honours Mrs Children