{{Short description|Species of butterfly}} {{Speciesbox | image = Paridestros.JPG | image_caption = Mounted female specimen | status = | taxon = Parides tros | authority = (Fabricius, 1793) | synonyms = *''Papilio tros'' <small>Fabricius, 1793</small> *''Papilio dardanus'' <small>Fabricius, 1793</small> (preocc. <small>Brown, 1776</small>) *''Papilio opleus'' <small>Godart, 1819</small> }}

'''''Parides tros''''' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm where it is endemic to Brazil.

The larva feeds on ''Aristolochia'' species including ''A. rumicifolia'', ''A. cynanchifolia'' (''P. t. tros''), ''A. triangularis'' (''P. t. danunciae'').

==Subspecies== *''Parides tros tros'' (Brazil: Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo)<ref>Lewis, H. L., 1974 ''Butterflies of the World'' {{ISBN|0-245-52097-X}} Page 26, figure 26</ref> *''Parides tros danunciae'' <small>Mielke, Casagrande & Mielke, 2000</small> (Brazil: Paraná, Santa Catarina)

==Description from Seitz==

{{Lepidopteran glossary hatnote}} P. dardanus Fabr. (= tros Fabr. = opleus Godt) (2 c). Tailed. Forewing in the male with a green spot before the hindmargin; the red area of the hindwing not opalescent. Female with a white area on the forewing, with obsolete margins. — An exclusively Brazilian species, which hitherto is only known from the province of Rio de Janeiro.<ref> Jordan, K., in Seitz, A. ( 1907) . ''The Macrolepidoptera of the World''. 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Papilionidae 1-45. {{PD-notice}}</ref>

<gallery> File:Macrolepidoptera15seit 0013.jpg |Seitz Plate 2 </gallery>

==Description from Rothschild and Jordan(1906)==

A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)<ref>Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906). A revision of the American Papilios. ''Novitates Zoologicae'' 13: 411-752. (Facsimile edition ed. P.H. Arnaud, 1967) and [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21926#page/425/mode/1up online]</ref> as ''dardanus'' Fabr.

==Taxonomy==

''Parides tros'' is a member of the ''aeneas'' species group<ref>Edwin Möhn, 2007 ''Butterflies of the World'', Part 26: Papilionidae XIII. ''Parides'' Verlag Goecke & Evers Verlag Goecke & Evers {{ISBN|9783937783277}} </ref>

The members are *''Parides aeneas'' *''Parides aglaope'' *''Parides burchellanus'' *''Parides echemon'' *''Parides eurimedes'' *''Parides lysander'' *''Parides neophilus'' *''Parides orellana'' *''Parides panthonus'' *''Parides tros'' *''Parides zacynthus''

==References== {{Commons category|Parides tros}} {{Reflist}} *{{cite book |last1=Collins |first1=N. Mark |last2=Morris |first2=Michael G. |title=Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98674#page/7/mode/1up |year=1985 |publisher=IUCN |location=Gland & Cambridge |isbn=978-2-88032-603-6 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}

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Category:Butterflies described in 1793 tros Category:Swallowtail butterflies of South America Category:Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius Category:Lepidoptera of Brazil

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