Parides orellana is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm. (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas)).
The larvae possibly feed on Aristolochia barbata.
P. orellana Hew. (2 c). The most beautiful species of the aeneas-group. Forewing in both sexes black, bluish in a side-view, with white spots on the fringes. Hindwing in the male with a very large red area, not opalescent; in the female with a broad red band. — Upper Amazon, from Ega to Iquitos.[2]
Hewitson, W. C. (1852) Plate 5
A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)[3]
Parides orellana is a member of the aeneas species group[4]
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Parides orellana is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm. (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas)).
The larvae possibly feed on Aristolochia barbata.
Parides orellana is een vlinder uit de familie van de pages (Papilionidae).[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1852 door William Chapman Hewitson.
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