Parides orellana is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm. (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas)).

The larvae possibly feed on Aristolochia barbata.

Parides orellana

Description from Seitz

P. orellana Hew. (2 c). The most beautiful species of the aeneas-group. Forewing in both sexes black, bluish in a side-view, with white spots on the fringes. Hindwing in the male with a very large red area, not opalescent; in the female with a broad red band. — Upper Amazon, from Ega to Iquitos.

Parides orellana

Description from Rothschild and Jordan(1906)

Parides orellana

A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)

Taxonomy

Parides orellana is a member of the aeneas species group

References

Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World Page 26, figure 18

Butterflies described in 1852

Parides

Papilionidae of South America