Parides bunichus (Hubner, 1821)

Rio Vermelho, Sao Bento Del Sur, SC, Brazil 850 meters; 10/77 ssp. chamissonia Rio Vermelho, Sao Bento Del Sur, SC, Brazil 850 meters; 10/77 ssp. chamissonia female
Santa Catarina Brasil ssp bunichus female
Rio Grande Del Sur, Brazil, 12/75  ssp. damocrates Minais Gerais, Brasil; ssp diodorus
Bahia, Brazil ssp.almas Bahia, Brasil ssp almas female

    Interior of NE Brazil south to Argentina, flying in open areas. Not rare but usually very local. Several subspecies; chammissonia  - very local with a  limited range in coastal Santa Catarina only; diodoris - local in NE Brazil; bunichus - interior of SE Brazil; perrhebus - interior of SE Brazil to N Argentina; damocrates - Uruguay, N Argentina and extreme S Brazil; almas (described 2007) - isolated mountains in Bahia state