El Salvador; 5/97 male ssp. erostratus | Female, same data as male |
Confined to Mexico and Central America in three populations
which have been considered by some as full species. Generally a forest
species. Females mimic Parides photinus,
males Battus polydamas.
erostratinus
- local in mountain canyons in east Mexico. A small form; some feel it
is a full species.
vazquezae
- SW Mexico, quite rarely found
erostratus
- Extreme SE and SW Mexico and Guatemala to El Salvador. Local.