Photos for easy identification
The fore wings are dark-brown or black. The veins are black.
The underside of Parides pizarro is very similar to the upside. But, the basic colour is dark-brown.
The hind wings of Parides pizarro are black. The edge is wavy. In the middle of the wing there is a yellow area with black veins.
The underside is very similar to the upside.
The body (abdomen) is black. The thorax is black. The head is black and it has red spots. The underside of all parts is black and it has red spots.
Sex differences: The basic colour of the female is brown.
Parides pizarro is a butterfly from the Neotropic (South America) ecozone. You can observe this butterfly from Colombia until Brazil and Bolivia.
- Aristolochia barbata
The first description of this butterfly was in 1884 by Staudinger. There are two subspecies.
- Parides pizarro kuhlmanni [May, 1925]
- Parides pizarro steinbachi [Rothschild, 1905]
Here you can see the subspecies Parides pizarro steinbachi (male left, female right). The wing-span is about 7 - 8 cm.
Protection provisions / Red List
- CITES: (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora):
- EU regulation on trading with species of wild Fauna and Flora
- IUCN Red List of threatened species:
Similar and closely-related species
Parides pizarro Staudinger 1884
Classification / Taxonomy / Family tree
- Kingdom: ANIMALIA
- Phylum: ARTHROPODA
- Class: INSECTA
- Order: LEPIDOPTERA
- Suborder: DITRYSIA
- Superfamily: PAPILIONOIDEA
- Family: PAPILIONIDAE
- Subfamily: PAPILIONINAE
- Tribe: TROIDINI
- Subtribe: TROIDINA
- Genus: PARIDES
- Specific name: PIZARRO