Parides gundlachianus, the Cuban cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.
The upperside forewing has a blue to green median band and possibly one to two spots close to the apex.
A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)[2] The dark ash-grey larva is striped longitudinally, the head and thoracic legs are black; the black longitudinal stripes in part margined with white; the anterior and posterior segments bear long pointed tubercles which are partly white.
Occurs in the mountainous eastern part of the island, especially near the coast, where it is met with on flowers, and sometimes also drinking at pools.
[3] Parides gundlachianus is a member of the ascanius species group ("Fringe-spots white.