Parides bunichus
species of insect
Parides bunichus is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.
The larva is brownish black, with an oblique white band, extending laterally from the 6th segment to the tubercle
on the 7th. The pupal stage lasts three weeks.
The butterfly is very common and is one of the earliest spring species (August). From August to April there are at least three generations.
Subspecies
P. b. bunichus (Brazil: Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Santa Catarina)
P. b. chamissonia (Eschscholtz, 1821) (Brazil: Santa Catarina) Both wings with white band, that on the hindwing abbreviated; cell-spot of the hindwing not extending further towards the base than to the second median; red anal spot v-shaped. In forma echedorus Boisduval the fringes are partly black, at least at the extremities of the veins.
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