Byasa plutonius
| Chinese Windmill | |
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| A. p. pembertoni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Byasa |
| Species: | B. plutonius |
| Binomial name | |
| Byasa plutonius[1] Oberthür, 1907 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Atrophaneura plutonius | |
The Chinese Windmill (Byasa plutonius) is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Windmills genus Byasa, comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents.
The two subspecies in the Indian subcontinent have the common names of Pemberton's Windmill and Tytler's Windmill.
Range
South-western China, Bhutan, Nepal and North East India.
In India, it is found in Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram.
Status
A rare species of high elevations, two subspecies are protected in India -
- B. p. pembertoni, Pemberton's Chinese Windmill (may be contracted to Pemberton's Windmill)
- B. p. tytleri, Tytler's Chinese Windmill (may be contracted to Tytler's Windmill)
Taxonomy
There are three subspecies.
Description
- Wingspan : 100 - 120mm.
- Tail black in both sexes.
- Male - Above, brownish black and unmarked except for a row of markings.
- Pemberton's Windmill (Sikkim-Bhutan) - This row from veins 2 to 6 on the upper hindwing consists of whitish marginal spots.
- Tytler's Windmill (Manipur, Naga and Chin hills) - This row consists of prominent black marginal spots on the upper hindwing and small red spot in vein 2.
- Female - Above, paler. The female has traces of red lunules on the margins from veins 3 to 6 on the upper hindwing.
References
- ↑ Häuser, Christoph L.; de Jong, Rienk; Lamas, Gerardo; Robbins, Robert K.; Smith, Campbell; Vane-Wright, Richard I. (28 July 2005). "Papilionidae – revised GloBIS/GART species checklist (2nd draft)". Entomological Data Information System. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- Collins, N.M. & Morris, M.G. (1985) Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World. IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 pdf
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
- Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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- Global Butterfly Information System text, images of Syntype.
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