Parides photinus, the pink-spotted cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.

Adults are black with the hindwing having a blue-green metallic sheen, especially in the male.

[1][2] The submarginal spots are strongly arched except for the upper two or three and the anal one; the latter is distinct on the upperside only in the female.

[3][4] A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906)[5] This species can be found from Mexico to Costa Rica, in Nicaragua and in Honduras.

[6] Parides photinus is a member of the ascanius species group [7] ("Fringe-spots white.