Rank Genus | Family Papilionidae Higher classification Swallowtail butterfly Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Butterfly, Swallowtail butterfly, Luehdorfia puziloi, Luehdorfia japonica, Insect | ||
luehdorfia japonica spreading a butterfly
Luehdorfia is a genus of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It contains the following species:
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luehdorfia puziloi in flight
Etymology
The genus name is for Friedrich August Lühdorf, a Bremen trader who made a commercial expedition to Japan in 1854.
References
Luehdorfia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA