Atrophaneura kuehni
| Atrophaneura kuehni | |
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| Honrath's plate in Berliner Ent. Zeit. 1886 1 female 1a male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Atrophaneura |
| Species: | A. kuehni |
| Binomial name | |
| Atrophaneura kuehni (Honrath, 1886) | |
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Atrophaneura kuehni is a species of butterfly from the Papilionidae family. It is found on Sulawesi.
The male's dorsal side is black overall, the ventral side has a red patch. The female is brown with markings paler than the male.[2]
Little is known about the status of this butterfly which may be very rare ( 121 ). It is certainly held in very few museum collections.[3]
References
- ↑ Atrophaneura at Funet
- ↑ World Field Guide
- ↑ Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf
External links
- Global Butterfly Information System text and images of syntype.
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