Losaria neptunus
(Redirected from Atrophaneura neptunus)
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Losaria |
Species: | L. neptunus
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Binomial name | |
Losaria neptunus (Guérin-Méneville, 1840)
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Losaria neptunus, the yellow-bodied club-tail or yellow club-tail, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Sumatra, south Burma, north Borneo and the Philippines[1]
The wingspan is 100–120 mm (3.9–4.7 in). The wings are dark brown or black. The lower half of the abdomen is yellow. It has white markings on the forewings and a red patch on each hindwing.[2]
The larvae feed on Thottea and Aristolochia species.
Subspecies
- L. n. neptunus (southern Burma to Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi)
- L. n. fehri (Honrath, 1892) (Nias)
- L. n. sumatra Hagen (northern Sumatra)
- L. n. padanganus Rothschild (western and southern Sumatra)
- L. n. doris Rothschild (northern Borneo)
- L. n. dacasini (Schröder, 1976) (Philippines: Palawan)
- L. n. matbai Schröder & Treadaway, 1990 (Philippines: Tawitawi)
References
Media related to Atrophaneura neptunus at Wikimedia Commons
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