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Mylotes Cattle Heart, Cattleheart

Parides eurimedes

Description:

Male and female are primarily black with red patch on hindwing. Both sexes lack tails. Upper surface of male forewing has triangular blue-green patch, female has white patch. Wing span about 4 - 6 cm

Habitat:

butterfly house Vienna in the wilde: Southern Mexico south into Central America. Tropical forests and associated edges and openings.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Cattleheart
Parides sp. Parides


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3 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Warst du im Schmetterlingshaus in der Nähe der Hofburg? Ich bin im Juni in Wien und werde mal im Naturhistorischen Museum und in Buchantiquariaten herumstöbern. Vielleicht finde ich da noch was mit Schmetterlingen.

Saarbrigger
Saarbrigger 12 years ago

Thanks bayucca. You're right. My old ID was wrong.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Papilionidae, Parides sp., Melpomene is from a different family (Nymphalidae).

Saarbrigger
Spotted by
Saarbrigger

Wien, Wien, Austria

Spotted on Jan 4, 2012
Submitted on Jan 5, 2012

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