Parides panthonus

Parides panthonus, the panthonus cattleheart, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Guianas and Suriname.

Subspecies

 * P. p. panthonus (Suriname, the Guianas)
 * P. p. barbotini Brévignon, 1998 (eastern French Guiana)
 * P. p. phylarchus (Hopffer, 1865) (French Guiana)

Description from Seitz
[Red instead of white marginal spots. The hind tibiae of the males are always dilated and with fine hairs.The red spots on the hindwing have no opalescent gloss] P. panthonus. Forewing in both sexes black, with reddish marginal spots; hindwing with a regularly curved row of separated red spots. Scent-wool white. Guiana and [following text refers to Parides burchellanus (Westwood, 1872) Brazil, in two subspecies. —numa Boisd. (= jaguarae Foett), from Brazil (São Paulo and Minas Geraes), has small, widely separated spots. — In panthonus Cr. (3 b, 5 a), from the three Guianas, the spots on the hindwing are somewhat larger. This form most probably occurs also on the north side of the Lower Amazon]

Description from Rothschild and Jordan(1906)
A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906) Note Papilio numa Boisduval, 1836 is Parides burchellanus jaguarae (Foetterle, 1902)

Taxonomy
Parides panthonus is a member of the aeneas species group

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