What is Parides erithalion?
{{Taxobox | name = Variable Cattleheart | image = Parideserithalionpolyzelus.JPG | status = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | familia = [[Papilionidae]] | subfamilia = [[Papilioninae]] | genus = ''[[Parides]]'' | species = '''''P. erithalion''''' | binomial = ''Parides erithalion'' | binomial_authority = ([[Jean Baptiste Boisduval|Boisduval]], 1836) | synonyms = }} The '''Variable Cattleheart''' (''Parides erithalion'') is a [[species]] of [[butterfly]]. It [[wikt:belong|belongs]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Papilionidae]]. It is found in [[North America]] and [[South America]].<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> ==Description== The upper side of the wings is black. The hind wing (bottom wing) has a row of red spots. The underside of the wings is also black. The hind wing has a row of pink and whitish-colored spots.<ref name=jg/> ==Life cycle== The [[Egg (biology)|eggs]] are a brownish color. The [[caterpillar]] is brownish-black. It has white and reddish-brown areas. ==Host plants== The Variable Cattleheart feeds on ''[[Aristolochia cordiflora]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Parides erithalion}} {{wikispecies|Parides erithalion}} *[http://butterfliesofamerica.com/parides_erithalion_polyzelus_immatures.htm ''Parides'' at Butterflies of America] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820053351/http://butterfliesofamerica.com/parides_erithalion_polyzelus_immatures.htm |date=2008-08-20 }} *[http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/warp/food-plants-a.html Larval food plant information sorted by plant] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Parides|e]]