Parides panares, the wedge-spotted cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae native to the Americas. The larvae feed on Aristolochia maxima and A. pilosa.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Wedge-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 iphidamas
- Parides eurimedes
- Parides anchises
- Parides erithalion
- Parides zacynthus
- Parides childrenae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Papilionidae
- Genus
- Parides
- Species
- Parides panares
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