Montezuma's Cattleheart
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Subfamily:	Papilioninae
Genus:	Parides
Species:	P. montezuma
Binomial name
Parides montezuma (Westwood, 1842)

Montezuma's Cattleheart (Parides montezuma) is a species of butterfly. It belongs in the family Papilionidae. It is found in North America and South America.

The upper side of the wings is black. The hind wing (bottom wing) has one row of red crescents along the edge. The underside of the wings is black. The hind wing has a row of red crescents like the ones on the upper side.^[1]

Here is a list of host plants used by Montezuma's Cattleheart. (The host plant is the plant that the caterpillar feeds on.):

• Aristolochia acanthophylla
• Aristolochia foetida - Jalisco Dutchman's Pipe
• Aristolochia grandiflora - Pelican Flower
• Aristolochia micrantha
• Aristolochia orbicularis

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