Atrophaneura astorion
| Atrophaneura astorion | |
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| Upperside | |
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| Underside | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Papilioninae |
| Tribe: | Troidini |
| Genus: | Atrophaneura |
| Species: | A. astorion |
| Binomial name | |
| Atrophaneura astorion (Westwood, 1842) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Atrophaneura varuna astorion | |
Atrophaneura astorion, also known as the common batwing, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found from Uttarakhand in India to Singapore.[1][2][3]
Description
The wings are spotless and are blue-black in colour. The head, sides of neck and the thorax is crimson in colour.[1][2] This species is best separated from Atrophaneura aidoneus by the colour of the dorsal wing folds.
Subspecies
There are three recognized subspecies -
- Atrophaneura astorion astorion (Westwood, 1842) - Bangladesh, India (Uttarakhand, Sikkim) [in some schemes also Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, even China (Hainan)]
- Atrophaneura astorion varuna (White, 1842) - Thailand, Malaysia (Malay Peninsula), Singapore
- Atrophaneura astorion zaleucus (Hewitson, 1865) - Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
References
- 1 2 Sondhi, Sanjay; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2018). Butterflies of Uttarakhand: A Field Guide. ISBN 9788121109185.
- 1 2 Annals and magazine of natural history : including zoology, botany and geology. London Natural History Museum Library. London. 1842.
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