| Green-celled cattleheart | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parides |
| Species: | P. childrenae |
| Binomial name | |
| Parides childrenae | |
Parides childrenae, the green-celled cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. [2] It is found in southern North America and northern South America.
The upperside of the wings is black. The male has a bright green patch and a small pale yellow subapical spot on the forewing. There is a red patch on the hindwing. The female has a small white patch on the trailing edge of the forewing and a few pale subapical spots. There is a band of red spots across the hindwing. The underside of the wings is also black. The male has small pale subapical spots on the forewing and a few red spots on the hindwing. The female's underside is the same as the upper side. [2]
P. childrenae. The green area of the male is larger than in P. sesostris , covering also a part of the cell. The female has a transverse row of spots before the apex of the forewing, as well as two spots on the disc posteriorly. Distributed from Guatemala to Ecuador in two subspecies. — childrenae ' Gray (3 a) is the Central American form, which is found from Guatemala to Panama. Forewing of the male with a white spot before the apex. Band on the hindwing of the female bright red. — oedippus Luc. has in the male no white spot before the apex of the forewing, or only a very small one. In the female the band on the hindwing is a somewhat yellowish red on the inner side. Colombia and Ecuador. [3]
A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906) [4]
Parides childrenae is a member of the sesostris species group [5]
The members are
The name honours Mrs Children
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