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| Boca de Chajul, Chiapas, Mexico; 5/97 ssp. polyzelus | Dept Pastazza, 1000m, Ecuador; 1/84 ssp. lacydes |
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| Bogota Colombia Sept 1991 ssp erlithalion |
Common from SW and SE Mexico through central America
and south to Bolivia in Andean forests. Numerous subspecies, quite variable.
More southern races have less red and increasing green and white on the
forewing. Parides erlaces is a synonym. Subspecies include:
polyzelus
trichopus
sadyattes
smalli
cauca
palmasensis
zeuxis
keithi
kruegeri
guillerminae
lacydes
chinchipensis
xanthias
erlaces
yaminahua