Parides phalaecus

Parides phalaecus
Illustration accompanying the original description in Hewitson's Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies of 1869
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Parides
Species:	P. phalaecus
Binomial name
Parides phalaecus (Hewitson, 1869)
Synonyms
Papilio phalaecus Hewitson, 1869

Parides phaleucas is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

Parides phalaecus has a spatulate tail. The body is very hairy and the white band, which traverses both wings, is intersected by black veins.

There are two subspecies.

• P. p. phalaecus Ecuador
• P. p. nieva Möhn, 1999 in Butterflies of the World 8: 1, pl. 1, f. 1-4, type locality: Rio Nieva, 2500-3000m, Amazonas, N.Peru.

References

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• Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6. 
• Lewis, H.L. (1974). Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 26, figure 19
• Möhn, Edwin (1999). Schmetterlinge der Erde. Butterflies of the World Part VIII (8), Papilionidae V. New and rare Neotropical Papilionidae. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-75-4
• Möhn, Edwin (2006). Schmetterlinge der Erde. Butterflies of the world Part XXVI (26), Papilionidae XIII. Parides. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-937783-27-7 (Supplement 13 in English - by Racheli)