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Mylotes Cattle Heart, Cattleheart

Parides eurimedes

Photo by Saarbrigger
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Field Notes

Description:

Male and female are primarily black with red patch on hindwing. Both sexes lack tails. Upper surface of male forewing has triangular blue-green patch, female has white patch. Wing span about 4 - 6 cm

Habitat:

butterfly house Vienna
in the wilde: Southern Mexico south into Central America. Tropical forests and associated edges and openings.

Reference Links:

Butterflies and Moths of North America | collecting and sharing data about Lepi…

Species ID Suggestions

Cattleheart

Parides sp.

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Comments (3)
bayucca
Warst du im Schmetterlingshaus in der Nähe der Hofburg? Ich bin im Juni in Wien und werde mal im Naturhistorischen Museum und in Buchantiquariaten herumstöbern. Vielleicht finde ich da noch was mit Schmetterlingen.
Saarbrigger
Thanks bayucca. You're right. My old ID was wrong.
bayucca
Papilionidae, Parides sp., Melpomene is from a different family (Nymphalidae).

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