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Anchises Cattleheart
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Butterflies & moths

Anchises Cattleheart

Parides anchises (Linnaeus, 1758)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishAnchises Cattleheart
Dutch—
SpanishMariposa corazón de parche blanco
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameParides anchises (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

Parides anchises, the Anchises cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae native to the Americas. It is common and not threatened. The larvae feed on Aristolochia species including: A. brazilsis, A. bukuti, A. colombiana, A. cymbifera, A. fimbriata, A. inflata, A. macroura, A. odora, A. ringens, and A. triangularis.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPapilionidae
GenusParides

In Suriname

3Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2011First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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