Parides ascanius has a spatulate tail. The two sexes are similar. The male has on the hindwing a hindmarginal fold, covered with white wool. A broad white band traverses both wings; on the hindwing it is more or less red. The larva is light brown, and bears pointed tubercles on all the segments. A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)[3]
Biology
Parides ascanius larvae are found from October to April, feeding only on Aristolochiamacroura in its preferred wetland habitats. Adults fly all year. The favourite flower of the nectar feeding adults is Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) [4]
^Cramer, P. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America. I. Deel. Beschriving van Plaat I-XCVI. Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. Tome premier. Description des planches I-XCVI., Cramer, P. ([1775]) De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America. I. Deel. Beschriving van Plaat I-XCVI. Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. Tome premier.
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Jordan, K., in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^Möhn, Edwin (2006). Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the World Part XXVI (26), Papilionidae XIII. Parides. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. ISBN978-3-937783-27-7 (Supplement 13 in English - by Racheli)
^Racheli, Tommaso an Olmisani. Luca 1998. A cladistic analysis of the genus Parides Hubner, [1819], based on androconial structures (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Neue Ent. Nachr. (Marktleuthen),41:119-131.pdf
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Otero, L.S.; Brown, K.S. Jr. (1986). Biology and ecology of Parides ascanius (Cramer, 1775) (Lep., Papilionidae), a primitive butterfly threatened with extinction Atala 10. Dez, pp. [2-16, 11 figs., 3 tabs.]
