Joinville, Brazil; 5/81 ssp rurik female | Joinville, Brazil; 5/81 ssp rurik male |
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Rio Natal, SC, 850 m.a.s.l. Brazil; Feb 1977 ssp lysithous | Rio de Janiero Sept 1968 ssp harrisianus |
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Barra de Sao Joao, Rio De Janiero, Brazil; Dec 1 1968 ssp harrisianus form platydesma | Rio de Janiero, Brazil; 12/62 ssp harrisianus form platydesma |
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"Rio, Brazil"; ssp harrisianus form lucius type specimen | Rio de Janiero, Brazil; 12/64 ssp harrisianus form oedipus |
SE Brazil, locally common. Ssp. harrisianus,
known only from the coast around Rio de Janiero, may be in danger of extinction,
as is its local Parides model Parides ascanius.
sebastianus - lowlands
of Bahia and Espiritu Santu to Rio De Janiero
harrisianus - coastal
Rio de Janiero
rurik - Southern
ES to Paraguay and Rio Grande do Sul
lysithous - overlaps
with form rurik, more common in upland populations
eupatrion- Santa
Catarina to N Argentina