Parides coelus

Parides coelus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parides
Species: P. coelus
Binomial name
Parides coelus
(Boisduval, 1836)

Parides coelus is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to French Guiana.

Description

Forewing with a white spot, obsolete at the margins, which fills up the extremity of the cell, and extends on to the disc. Hindwing with red band on the disc, in the male composed of four spots, in the female of six.

Status

A rare little known species.

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