Parides pizarro

Parides pizarro is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.

Parides pizarro
Parides pizarro male from Seitz
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Parides
Species:	P. pizarro
Binomial name
Parides pizarro (Staudinger, 1884) [2]
Synonyms
Parides steinbachi (Rothschild, 1905) Papilio steinbachi Rothschild, 1905

Description

Abdomen in the male quite black, in the female with a red spot before the apex on the underside. Forewing without spots, also none in the fringes. Hindwing with whitish yellow area, which in the male consists of three or four spots, in the female of three to six. A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)^[3]

Taxonomy

Parides pizarro is a member of the chabrias species group^[4]

The members are

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

Status

A rare species. Protected in Tambopata National Reserve in Peru.^[5]

Subspecies

• Parides pizarro pizarro (Staudinger, 1884)
• Parides pizarro kuhlmanni (E. May, 1925)
• Parides pizarro steinbachi (Rothschild, 1905) ^[6] Forewing in both sexes with a large white spot before hind margin; hindwing with a red band. Bolivia.^[7]

Etymology

Named for Francisco Pizarro.

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