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Atrophaneura
Red-bodied swallowtails, or ruby swallowtail (due to the color), are butterflies in the swallowtail family, that belong to the genera ''Atrophaneura'', ''Byasa'', ''Losaria'', or ''Pachliopta''. They are generally found in Asia (Indomalayan realm). Collectors have found the red-bodied swallowtails difficult to kill. Pinching the thorax, a method which kills most butterflies, is withstood and only stuns the butterfly temporarily. Life history The larvae resemble those of other Troidini. Fleshy spine-like tubercles, often with red tips, line the caterpillars' backs, and their bodies are dark red to brown and velvety black or shades of grey with a pattern of black lines. They feed on species of '' Aristolochia'' and '' Thottea''. Chrysalids are camouflaged to look like a dead leaf or twig. They are attached by a girdle and an anal pad. Adults are nectar feeding. Many species of red-bodied swallowtails show aposematism, and serve as models for Batesian mimicry. The biology of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrophaneura Semperi
''Atrophaneura semperi'' is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. It is the type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ... for the genus. The wingspan is 12–15 cm. The wings are black. The body has red hairs. The underside of the hindwings contain some red markings. Females are dark brown with light pink markings on the upside of the wings. The larvae feed on '' Aristolochia'' species. Subspecies *''Atrophaneura semperi semperi'' (Philippines: Camiguin de Luzon, Polillo) *''Atrophaneura semperi aphthonia'' (Rothschild, 1908) (Philippines: Camiguin de Mindanao, Dinagar, Mindanao, Siargao) *''Atrophaneura semperi melanotus'' (Staudinger, 1889) (Philippines: Palawan, Calamian group) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrophaneura Priapus
''Atrophaneura priapus'', the Priapus batwing or white-head batwing, is a swallowtail butterfly found in Burma, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java. The subspecies ''A. p. hageni'' was named to honour Hermann August Hagen. It may be a full species. ''A. priapus'' is a large butterfly (11–14 cm wingspan). The forewings are black with the wing veins bordered by white. The hindwings are black and have a wavy margin. There is a broad, slightly yellowish white band on the hindwing. This band contains large black spots. In males there is a white area with red edge next to the body. The underside is similar to the upperside, but the white area is missing. The abdomen is yellow and black above. The head (hence the common name white-head batwing) and the underside of abdomen are white or yellow. The thorax is black. Subspecies *''Atrophaneura priapus priapus'' west Java *''Atrophaneura priapus dilutus'' (Fruhstorfer, 1895) east Java The band of the hindwing is above more or less distinct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrophaneura Horishana
''Atrophaneura horishana'', the aurora swallowtail, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Taiwan. The wingspan is 110–130 mm. The wings are black. The body has red hairs. There is a large red patch on the underside of each hindwing. The wing veins are bordered in white. Biology Adults visit flowers. The eggs are yellow and spherical. The larvae have prominent tubercles, a whitish black ground colour and two white bands on the third and fourth abdominal segments. The larvae feed on species of ''Aristolochia'' - '' A. shimadai'' and '' A. liukiuensis''. It is in general found at 1000–2500 m in elevation and is only abundant in primary forests. Status Common, but status should be monitored. Taxonomy Has been ranked as a subspecies of ''Atrophaneura nox''. References External links Image representing ''Atrophaneura horishana'' at EOL [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrophaneura Dixoni
''Atrophaneura dixoni'' is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in northern and central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The wingspan is 130–150 mm. The wings are black. The underside of the hindwings have red patches which are more numerous in females than males. The wing veins are bordered in white. Status Uncommon or rare. Localised. Etymology This butterfly is named for the collector Frank Dixon who found it at an altitude of inland from Bwool. References External links * Butterflycorner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien The Natural History Museum Vienna () is a large natural history museum located in Vienna, Austria. The NHM Vienna is one of the largest museums and non-university research institutions in Austria and an important center of excellence for all matt ... includes macro photos Butterflies described in 1900 Atrophaneura Butterflies of Indonesia Taxa named by Henley Grose-Smith {{Papilionidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrophaneura Sycorax
''Atrophaneura sycorax'' is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found from southern Burma to Peninsular Malaysia, and in Sumatra and western Java. The wingspan is 130–140 mm. The wings are black. There is a wide dull-white marking on each of the hindwings. The body is completely covered in yellow hair. Females can be black or dark brown. The wing veins are bordered in white. Description in Seitz P. sycorax Gr.-Sm. (= egertoni Dist.) (17 a, b). Head and collar white; abdomen above bluish grey with a row of black dots at each side, beneath yellow. Upper surface of the male velvety black, of the female much paler and more metallic; hindwing from near the apex of the cell to the black marginal band blue-grey, with a row of black discal spots; beneath this area is much lighter and extends to the margin, the posterior black marginal spots being separated from one another and from the margin. — West and East Sumatra and Malay Peninsula, in hilly country. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrophaneura Aidoneus
''Atrophaneura aidoneus'', the lesser batwing, is an Asian species of butterfly that belongs to the batwings group of ''Atrophaneura'', comprising tailless black swallowtail butterflies. Description * Wingspan: 112–162 mm. * Male: Tailless. Above, the butterfly is bluish black and unmarked. It has a white scent patch in a square dorsal fold, which is pink or red on its marginal edge. This white scent patch is smaller than that of the common windmill. * Female: Tailless. Above, the butterfly is grey brown. It has dark stripes between the veins. Resembles '' Atrophaneura varuna'' race ''astorion'', but differs as follows: Cell of forewing proportionately not quite so long; abdominal fold to the hindwing in male not so broad, its lower margin not square, rounded; the specialized scales within the fold white, with an edging of pink. Female larger. Upperside: ground colour olivaceous brown, never black; abdomen with a broad white, not crimson, lateral stripe. Description in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrophaneura Luchti
''Atrophaneura luchti'' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Indonesia (Java). ''Atrophaneura luchti'' is restricted to the mountains in the far east of Java. Little is known about this species which closely resembles and may be a synonym of ''Atrophaneura priapus ''Atrophaneura priapus'', the Priapus batwing or white-head batwing, is a swallowtail butterfly found in Burma, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java. The subspecies ''A. p. hageni'' was named to honour Hermann August Hagen. It may be a full species. '' ...''. Tsukada, E. and Nishiyama, Y. (1982). ''Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands''. Volume I Papilionidae. (transl. K. Morishita). Plapac Co. Ltd., Tokyo. 457 pp. References luchti Endemic fauna of Indonesia Butterflies of Java Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{papilionidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrophaneura Zaleucus
''Atrophaneura zaleucus'' is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Burma. The wingspan is 100–110 mm. The wings are black. The body is covered in red hair. There are white markings on the hindwings. Etymology It is named in the classical tradition. Zaleucus Zaleucus (; fl. 7th century BC) was the Ancient Greece, Greek lawgiver of Epizephyrian Locris, in Magna Graecia. According to the Suda, he was previously a slave and a shepherd, and after having been educated he gave laws to his fellow-citizens. ... (ancient Greek: Ζάλευκος; fl. 7th century BC) was a Greek lawgiver. References Butterflies described in 1865 Atrophaneura Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Papilionidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrophaneura Nox
''Atrophaneura nox'', the Malayan batwing, is a papilionid butterfly found in Java, northern Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia. Description The species is black with blue metallic reflections. On the forewings the veins are shaded white. There are red hairs on the thorax. The wingspan is 9–11 cm. Females are larger than males. Subspecies *''A. n. nox'' Java *''A. n. noctis'' (Hewitson, 1859) north Borneo *''A. n. erebus'' (Wallace, 1865) Peninsular Malaya *''A. n. noctula'' (Westwood, 1872) north Borneo *''A. n. nyx'' (de Nicéville, 1897) Bali *''A. n. henricus'' (Fruhstorfer, 1899) north east Sumatra *''A. n. banjermasinus'' (Fruhstorfer, 1899) south Borneo *''A. n. solokanus'' (Fruhstorfer, 1903) south Sumatra *''A. n. niepeltiana'' (Strand, 1914) Sumatra *''A. n. petronius'' (Fruhstorfer, 1901) Nias *''A. n. smedleyi'' (Jordan, 1937) Mentaway Island *''A. n. tungensis'' Zin & Leow, 1982 Sumatra *''A. n. mirifica'' Hanafusa, 1994 Batu Island *''A. n. hirokoae'' Hirata & M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachliopta Hector
''Atrophaneura Hector'', the crimson rose, is a large swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus ''Pachliopta'' (roses) of the red-bodied swallowtails. It is recorded as a species of "Least Concern (LC)" by IUCN. Range It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Maldives and possibly the coast of western Myanmar. In India, it is found in the Western Ghats, southern India ( Tamil Nadu, Kerala), eastern India (West Bengal and Odisha). It is a straggler in the Andaman Islands. Status It is generally common and not known to be threatened. It is common all along the Western Ghats up to Maharashtra but rare in Gujarat. This species is protected by law in India. Description The male's upperside is black. Forewing with a broad white interrupted band from the subcostal nervure opposite the origin of veins 10 and 11, extended obliquely to the tornus, and a second short pre-apical similar band; both bands composed of detached irregularly indented broad streaks in the interspaces. Hindwing wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachliopta Aristolochiae
''Pachliopta aristolochiae'', the common rose, is a species of swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus ''Pachliopta'', the roses, or red-bodied swallowtails. It is a common butterfly which is extensively distributed across South Asia, south and southeast Asia. Range It is widely distributed in Asia including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (including the Andaman Islands), Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Japan (south-western Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa only), Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Nicobar Islands, peninsular and eastern Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines (Palawan and Leyte), Indonesia, Bangladesh and Taiwan. In China, it is distributed in southern and eastern China (including Hainan, Guangdong province) and Hong Kong. In Indonesia, it is distributed in Sumatra, Nias, Enggano, Bangka Island, Bangka, Java, Bali, Kangean Islands, Kangean, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Tanahjampea, and Kalimantan. Status It is very common almost all over the plains of India, and is not threate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrophaneura Varuna
''Atrophaneura varuna'', the common batwing, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the swallowtail family, and more specifically, the batwings group of ''Atrophaneura'', comprising tailless black swallowtail butterflies. Range Eastern Nepal, northern India (from Kumaon to Sikkim), Myanmar, Thailand, northern Laos, northern Vietnam, Bangladesh and Peninsular Malaysia. Status The butterfly is not rare across most of its range. It is extinct in Singapore. Description * Wingspan: 88 to 136 mm. * Male: Tailless. Above, the butterfly is bluish black and unmarked. : It has a scent patch in a rounded black-brown dorsal fold. When the fold is opened, the white lower half of the scent patch can be seen. * The abdomen has white stripes. The head of the butterfly is rose coloured. * Female: Tailless. Above, the butterfly is grey brown. It has dark stripes in between the veins. It has a large pale patch below vein 2 on the upper forewing. Male: Upperside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
