Lamproptera meges
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| Lamproptera meges Zinken-Sommer, 1831 |
The Green Dragontail, Lamproptera meges, is a species of swallowtail found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It belongs to the Dragontails genus , Lamproptera, of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. It is not rare.
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[edit] Description
Males and females very closely resembles Lamproptera curius, but differs constants as follows:
- Transverse band across fore wing placed further in towards the base; this band on both fore and hind wing greenish, not white, and not as in curius with its outer margin hyaline on the fore wing; black terminal edging to fore wing narrower, of even width throughout. Male without sex-mark.[1]
[edit] Distribution
The butterfly is found in India (Assam). It is also found in Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Southern China, Kampuchea, Malaysia, the Indonesian archipelago, Brunei and Philippines.
[edit] Status
The Green Dragontail is not known to be threatened in most of its range but is considered Vulnerable and in need of protection in peninsular Malaysia.[2]
[edit] Food plant
Illigera burmanica.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Bingham, C. T. 1907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 2
- ^ Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G. (1985) Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World. IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6
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