What is Parides montezuma?
{{Taxobox | name = Montezuma's Cattleheart | image = ParidesmontezumaMale.JPG | status = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | familia = [[Papilionidae]] | subfamilia = [[Papilioninae]] | tribus = | genus = ''[[Parides]]'' | species = '''''P. montezuma''''' | binomial = ''Parides montezuma'' | binomial_authority = ([[John Obadiah Westwood|Westwood]], 1842) | synonyms = }} '''Montezuma's Cattleheart''' (''Parides montezuma'') is a [[species]] of [[butterfly]]. It [[wikt:belong|belongs]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Papilionidae]]. It is found in [[North America]] and [[South America]]. ==Description== The upper side of the wings is black. The hind wing (bottom wing) has one row of red [[crescent]]s along the edge. The underside of the wings is black. The hind wing has a row of red crescents like the ones on the upper side.<ref name=jg>Jeffrey Glassberg (2007). ''A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America''. Sunstreak Books Inc. {{ISBN|1424-30915-8}}</ref> ==Host plants== Here is a list of host plants used by Montezuma's Cattleheart. (The host plant is the plant that the [[caterpillar]] feeds on.): * ''[[Aristolochia acanthophylla]]'' * ''[[Aristolochia foetida]]'' - Jalisco Dutchman's Pipe * ''[[Aristolochia grandiflora]]'' - Pelican Flower * ''[[Aristolochia micrantha]]'' * ''[[Aristolochia orbicularis]]'' ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Parides montezuma}} {{wikispecies|Parides montezuma}} * [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/warp/food-plants-a.html Larval food plant information sorted by plant] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Parides|m]]