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Parides montezuma
Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Parides montezuma, the Montezuma's cattleheart, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is native to the Americas.
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Description
The upperside of the wings is black, without a band and with one row of red crescents along the hindwing margin. The underside of the wings is almost the same as the upperside.[2][3] A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)[4]
Distribution and habitat
P. montezuma is found in dry forests from Mexico to Costa Rica, occurring from sea level to 700 m (2,300 ft). It is rare in Costa Rica, being more common northward. It is not threatened.[5]
Host plants
- Aristolochia acanthophylla
- Aristolochia foetida – Jalisco Dutchman's pipe
- Aristolochia grandiflora – pelican flower
- Aristolochia micrantha
- Aristolochia orbicularis
Parides montezuma is a member of the ascanius species group[6] ("Fringe-spots white. Hindwing with submarginal spots and usnally also diseal spots or dots, or a discal band; mostly with tail") A quadrate whitish spot in space 2 of the forewings is quite peculiar of the ascanius group[7]
The members are
- Parides agavus (Drury, 1782)
- Parides alopius (Godman & Salvin, [1890])
- Parides ascanius (Cramer, [1775])
- Parides bunichus (Hübner, [1821])
- Parides gundlachianus (C. & R. Felder, 1864)
- Parides montezuma (Westwood, 1842)
- Parides phalaecus (Hewitson, 1869)
- Parides photinus (Doubleday, 1844)
- Parides proneus (Hübner, [1831])
Etymology
The specific epithet honours the Aztec king Montezuma.
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