Pink-spotted Cattleheart

Parides photinus, the pink-spotted cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It was first described by Edward Doubleday in 1844.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Pink-spotted Cattleheart being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Parides montezuma
• Parides alopius
• Heraclides rogeri
• Eurytides lysithous
• Parides bunichus
• Eurytides thymbraeus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Papilionidae

Genus

Parides

Species

Parides photinus

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