Parides quadratus

Parides quadratus is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Brazil and Peru.

Papilio quadratus var. spoliatus 1 male, 2 female in Rhopalocera exotica

Parides quadratus
Parides quadratus spoliatus in Museum Wiesbaden
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Parides
Species:	P. quadratus
Binomial name
Parides quadratus (Staudinger, 1890)[1][2]
Synonyms
Papilio quadratus Staudinger, 1890 Papilio quadratus Staudinger, 1891 Papilio quadratus var. spoliatus Staudinger, 1898 Papilio quadratus punctatus Michael, 1931

Description

Forewing long; hindwing in both sexes with a band consisting of yellowish-white spots on the disc close to the cell, and on the under surface in addition with a red spot at the hind angle. In the name-typical form quadratus the forewing has a yellowish-white spot before the second median. In spoliatus Staudinger neither sex has a spot on the forewing.

Taxonomy

Parides quadratus is a member of the chabrias species group^[3]

The members are

• Parides chabrias
• Parides coelus
• Parides hahneli
• Parides mithras
• Parides pizarro
• Parides quadratus

Status

A rare species.

Subspecies

• Parides quadratus quadratus (Brazil: eastern Amazonas)
• Parides quadratus spoliatus (Staudinger, 1898) (Brazil: western Amazonas, northern Peru)