Parides panthonus

Parides panthonus, the panthonus cattleheart, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Guianas and Suriname.^[2]

Parides panthonus
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Parides
Species:	P. panthonus
Binomial name
Parides panthonus (Cramer, 1780)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio panthonus Cramer, 1780 Papilio pompeius Fabricius, [1782]

Subspecies

• P. p. panthonus (Suriname, the Guianas)
• P. p. barbotini Brévignon, 1998 (eastern French Guiana)
• P. p. phylarchus (Hopffer, 1865) (French Guiana)

Description from Seitz

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

[Red instead of white marginal spots. The hind tibiae of the males are always dilated and with fine hairs.The red spots on the hindwing have no opalescent gloss] P. panthonus. Forewing in both sexes black, with reddish marginal spots; hindwing with a regularly curved row of separated red spots. Scent-wool white. Guiana and [following text refers to Parides burchellanus (Westwood, 1872) Brazil, in two subspecies. —numa Boisd. (= jaguarae Foett), from Brazil (São Paulo and Minas Geraes), has small, widely separated spots. — In panthonus Cr. (3 b, 5 a), from the three Guianas, the spots on the hindwing are somewhat larger. This form most probably occurs also on the north side of the Lower Amazon] ^[3]

Description from Rothschild and Jordan(1906)

A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)^[4] Note Papilio numa Boisduval, 1836 is Parides burchellanus jaguarae (Foetterle, 1902).

Taxonomy

Parides panthonus is a member of the aeneas species group^[5]

The members are

• Parides aeneas
• Parides aglaope
• Parides burchellanus
• Parides echemon
• Parides eurimedes
• Parides lysander
• Parides neophilus
• Parides orellana
• Parides panthonus
• Parides tros
• Parides zacynthus