Parides pizarro is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.
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)Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906). A revision of the American Papilios. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 411-752. (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967) and online
Taxonomy
Parides pizarro is a member of the chabrias species groupEdwin Möhn, 2007 Butterflies of the World, Part 26: Papilionidae XIII. Parides Verlag Goecke & Evers Verlag Goecke & Evers
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.
Subspecies Parides pizarro pizarro (Staudinger, 1884) Parides pizarro kuhlmanni (E. May, 1925) Parides pizarro steinbachi (Rothschild, 1905)Rothschild, W. & Jordan, K. (1906). "A revision of the American Papilios". Novitates Zoologicae. 13: 411-752. (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967) Forewing in both sexes with a large white spot before hind margin; hindwing with a red band. Bolivia.Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
Etymology Named for Francisco Pizarro.
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