Atrophaneura horishana
Species of butterfly
| Atrophaneura horishana | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Atrophaneura |
| Species: | A. horishana |
| Binomial name | |
| Atrophaneura horishana (Matsumura, 1910) | |
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Atrophaneura horishana, the aurora swallowtail, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Taiwan.[1]
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.[2][3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
Taxonomy
Has been ranked as a subspecies of Atrophaneura nox.
References
- ^ Shirozu, T. (1960). Butterflies of Formosa in Colour. Hoikusha. Osaka, Japan (in Japanese). 483 pp.
- ^ ButterflyCorner.net Archived 2012-09-19 at the Wayback Machine Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
- ^ Illustrated Identification Guide to Insects Protected by the CITES and Wildlife Conservation Law of Taiwan, R.O.C
- ^ Atrophaneura at Funet
- ^ Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Atrophaneura horishana.
- Image representing Atrophaneura horishana at EOL
- Global Butterfly Information System text and images including holotype of sauteri Heyne, 1913
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Red-bodied swallowtails
- A. aidoneus (lesser batwing)
- A. dixoni
- A. horishana (aurora swallowtail)
- A. kuehni
- A. luchti
- A. nox (Malayan batwing)
- A. priapus (Priapus batwing)
- A. schadenbergi
- A. semperi
- A. sycorax
- A. veruna (common batwing)
- A. zaleucus
- B. adamsoni (Adamson's rose)
- B. alcinous (Chinese windmill)
- B. crassipes (black windmill)
- B. daemonius
- B. dasarada (great windmill)
- B. hedistus
- B. impediens
- B. laos
- B. latreillei (rose windmill)
- B. mencius
- B. nevilli (Nevill's windmill)
- B. plutonius (Chinese windmill)
- B. polla (De Niceville's windmill)
- B. polyeuctes (common windmill)
- B. rhadinus
- L. coon (common clubtail)
- L. palu (Palu swallowtail)
- L. rhodifer (Andaman clubtail)
- L. neptunus (yellow-bodied club-tail)
- P. adamas
- P. aristolochiae (common rose)
- P. antiphus
- P. atropos
- P. hector (crimson rose)
- P. jophon (Sri Lanka rose)
- P. kotzebuea (pink rose)
- P. eytensis
- P. liris
- P. mariae
- P. oreon
- P. pandiyana (Malabar rose)
- P. phlegon
- P. polydorus (red-bodied swallowtail)
- P. polyphontes
- P. strandi
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