Atrophaneura nox
| Malayan Batwing | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Atrophaneura |
| Subgenus: | Atrophaneura |
| Species: | A. nox |
| Binomial name | |
| Atrophaneura nox Swainson, 1822[1] | |
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The Malayan Batwing (Atrophaneura nox) (Swainson, 1822 Zool. Illustr. (1) 2 (20): pl. 102) is a papilionid butterfly jound in Java, North Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]
Description
A black with blue metallic reflections species. On the forewings the veins are shaded white. There are red hairs on the thorax. The wingspan is 9–11 cm. females are larger than males.
Subspecies
- A. n. nox Java
- A. n. noctis (Hewitson, 1859) north Borneo
- A. n. erebus (Wallace, 1865) Peninsular Malaya
- A. n. noctula (Westwood, 1872) north Borneo
- A. n. nyx (de Nicéville, 1897) Bali
- A. n. henricus (Fruhstorfer, 1899) north east Sumatra
- A. n. banjermasinus (Fruhstorfer, 1899) south Borneo
- A. n. solokanus (Fruhstorfer, 1903) south Sumatra
- A. n. niepeltiana (Strand, 1914) Sumatra
- A. n. petronius (Fruhstorfer, 1901) Nias
- A. n. smedleyi (Jordan, 1937) Mentaway Island
- A. n. tungensis Zin & Leow, 1982 Sumatra
- A. n. mirifica Hanafusa, 1994 Batu Island
- A. n. hirokoae Hirata & Miyagawa, 2006 Tuangku Island
- A. n. miekoae Hirata & Miyagawa, 2006 Singkep
Status
A widespread but local species in forest localities.It is extinct in Singapore [3]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Atrophaneura nox. |
- Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
- Global Butterfly Information System text and images including holotypes of niepeltiana Strand, 1914, rokanus' Niepelt, 1926 and solokanus Fruhstorfer, 1903
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