What is Parides childrenae?
{{Taxobox | name = Green-celled Cattleheart | image = Parides Childrenae.JPG | image_caption = Male ''Parides childrenae'' | status = | status_system = IUCN2.3 | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Arthropoda]] | classis = [[Insecta]] | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | familia = [[Papilionidae]] | genus = ''[[Parides]]'' | species = '''''P. childrenae''''' | binomial = ''Parides childrenae'' | binomial_authority = Gray, 1832 | synonyms = }} The '''Green-celled Cattleheart''' ('''''Parides childrenae''''') is a [[species]] of [[butterfly]]. It [[wikt:belong|belong]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Papilionidae]].<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> It is found in southern [[North America]] and northern [[South America]]. ==Description== The upper side of the wings is black. The male has a bright green patch on the fore wing (top wing). There is a small pale yellow spot near the tip of the fore wing. There is a red patch on the hind wing (bottom wing). The female has a small white patch on the fore wing. There are a few pale spots on the fore wing. There is a band of red spots on the hind wing. The underside of the wings is also black. The male has small pale spots near the tip of the fore wing and a few red spots on the hind wing. The female's underside is the same as the upper side.<ref name=jg/> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Parides childrenae}} {{wikispecies|Parides childrenae}} * [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/parides/index.html#childrenae ''Parides childrenae'' at funet.fi] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Parides|c]]