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Byasa alcinous

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Genus
  
Byasa

Higher classification
  
Byasa

Phylum
  
Family
  
Papilionidae

Scientific name
  
Byasa alcinous

Rank
  
Species

Byasa alcinous Byasa alcinous

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Butterfly, Swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor, Insect, Slender Dutchman's Pipe

Byasa alcinous


Byasa alcinous, the Chinese windmill, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae.

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Description

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Byasa alcinous has a wingspan reaching about 9–10 centimetres (3.5–3.9 in). The basic colour of the wings is black or dark brown. The hindwings have long tails and a chain of red spots at the edges. The thorax and the abdomen are mainly black on the upperside and the underside, with several black spots, while the other areas are red. Adults are on wing from May to August in two generations.

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The larvae feed on Aristolochia species including A. mandshhuriensis, A. debilis and A. manchuriensis. Subspecies has been recorded on A. shimadai, A. liukiuensis, A. kankauensis, A. elegans, A. debilis, A. kaempferii, A. onoei, A. tagala, Cocculus trilobus and Metaplexis chinensis. The species overwinters as a pupa.

Distribution

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This species can be found in the Asian part of the Palaearctic ecozone and partially in the Indomalaya ecozone, from Bhutan, and eastern China to the southern Ussuri region, Korea and Japan.

Habitat

Byasa alcinous is present in mixed broadleaved forests.

Subspecies

Byasa alcinous ButterflyCornernet Atrophaneura alcinous Chinese Windmill

  • B. a. alcinous
  • B. a. confusus (Rothschild, 1895) (Ussuri)
  • B. a. yakushimana (Esaki & Umeno, 1929) (Japan)
  • B. a. loochooana (Rothschild, 1896) (Japan)
  • B. a. miyakoensis (Omoto, 1960) (Japan)
  • B. a. bradanus (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Japan)
  • B. a. mansonensis (Fruhstorfer, 1901) (south-central and south-eastern China, Taiwan)

  • Byasa alcinous Butterflies of Vietnam 115 Byasa confusus mansonensis The Chinese

    References

    Byasa alcinous Wikipedia


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