Parides quadratus

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

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*

Description edit

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 edit

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

The members are

Status edit

A rare species.

Subspecies edit

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

References edit

^ Praides, Site of Markku Savela
^ Staudinger, 1890 Bemerkungen zu den Tafeln III und IV Dt. ent. Z. Iris 3 (2) : 337-338, pl. 3-4
^ Edwin Möhn, 2007 Butterflies of the World, Part 26: Papilionidae XIII. Parides Verlag Goecke & Evers Verlag Goecke & Evers ISBN 9783937783277

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[1] Praides, Site of Markku Savela

[2] Staudinger, 1890 Bemerkungen zu den Tafeln III und IV Dt. ent. Z. Iris 3 (2) : 337-338, pl. 3-4

[3] Edwin Möhn, 2007 Butterflies of the World, Part 26: Papilionidae XIII. Parides Verlag Goecke & Evers Verlag Goecke & Evers ISBN 9783937783277

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Parides quadratus

Parides quadratus spoliatus in Museum Wiesbaden
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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