Also the under surface of the wings is iridescent brown with a yellow patch and a submarginal line of bright red markings on the hindwings.

Apex of the forewing with large grey area; under surface of the hindwing between the veins with pale streaks, extending to the submarginal spots.

Haase rightly recognised these forms, so similar in appearance to the Aristolochia-Papilios, as belonging to the Kite-Papilios: all other authors have erroneously classified them with the Aristolochia- and Fluted-Papilios.

The bright coloured larvae are striped longitudinally and bear a V-shaped saddle-spot before the middle; the thorax is spotted.

[2] This species can be found in the Neotropical realm, in northern South America, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Suriname, Brazil, and Peru.