Parides cutorina
Parides cutorina is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm. It is an uncommon local species which may be threatened.
The larvae feed on Aristolochia.
Description from Seitz
P. cutorina Stgr. . Palpi red. Forewing of the male with a green spot; in the female without spot, the fringes spotted with white. Hindwing in the male with two contiguous red spots on the upper surface, the spots on the under surface yellowish white; in the female the wing has a yellowish white band on both surfaces; 2. and 3. radials close together, the transverse vein between them not oblique. — Upper Amazon and slopes of the Andes of Ecuador and Peru.Description from Rothschild and Jordan(1906)
A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K.Taxonomy
Parides cutorina is a member of the anchises species groupThe members are
- Parides anchises
- Parides cutorina
- Parides erithalion
- Parides iphidamas
- Parides panares
- Parides phosphorus
- ''Parides vertumnus''