| Chinese Windmill | |
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| A. p. pembertoni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Atrophaneura |
| Subgenus: | Atrophaneura |
| Species: | A. plutonius |
| Binomial name | |
| Atrophaneura plutonius Oberthür, 1907 |
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Chinese Windmill Atrophaneura plutonius is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Windmills group of Atrophaneura, comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents.
The two subspecies in the Indian sub-continent have the common names of Pemberton's Windmill and Tytler's Windmill.
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South-western China, Bhutan, Nepal and North East India.
In India, it is found in Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram.
A rare species of high elevations, two subspecies are protected in India -
These names may be contracted to Pemberton's Windmill and Tytler's Windmill.
It has three subspecies.