Teinopalpus aureus

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Golden Kaiser-i-Hind

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Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Teinopalpus
Species: T. aureus
Binomial name
Teinopalpus aureus
Mell, 1923

The Golden Kaiser-i-Hind (Teinopalpus aureus) is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is found in China and possibly Vietnam.

Subspecies

  • T. a. aureus
  • T. a. hainanensis (Bauer & Frankenbach, 1998)
  • T. a. laotiana
  • T. a. nagaoi
  • T. a. shinkaii

References

  • Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach, 1998 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: Papilio, Subgenus Achillides, Bhutanitis, Teinopalpus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach. Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books ISBN 9783931374624
  • Turlin, B.,1991 Notes sur les especes du genre Teinopalpus Hope et description de deux nouvelles sous-especes et d'une forme appartenant a ce genre. (Lepidoptera Papilionidae). Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat 70:3-8.
  • Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Teinopalpus aureus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.

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