Losaria neptunus

Losaria neptunus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Losaria
Species: L. neptunus
Binomial name
Losaria neptunus
(Guérin-Méneville, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Papilio neptunus Guérin-Méneville, 1840
  • Atrophaneura neptunus Rothschild, 1895
  • Parides neptunus
  • Balignina neptunus Page & Treadaway, 2003
  • Papilio thetys Guenée, 1878
  • Papilio thetys Guenée, 1878
  • Papilio neptunus var. fehri Honrath, 1892
  • Papilio neptunus fehri Rothschild, 1895
  • Pachliopta neptunus dacasini Schröder, 1976
  • Balignina neptunus dacasini Page & Treadaway, 2003
  • Balignina neptunus matbai Page & Treadaway, 2003

Losaria neptunus or Atrophaneura neptunus, commonly known as the Yellow-bodied Club-tail or Yellow Club-tail is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Sumatra, South Burma, North Borneo and the Philippines[1]

The wingspan is 100–120 mm (3.9–4.7 in). The wings are dark-brown or black. The lower half of the abdomen is yellow. It has white markings on the forewings and a red patch on each hindwing.[2]

The larvae feed on Thottea and Aristolochia species.

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