Atrophaneura nox

Malayan batwing

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]^[2]
Synonyms
Papilio nox Swainson, 1822 Papilio memercus Godart, [1824] Papilio neesius Zinken, 1831 Papilio noctis Hewitson, 1859 Papilio erebus Wallace, 1865 Papilio noctula Westwood, 1872 Papilio strix Westwood, 1872 Papilio (Pangerana) nyx de Nicéville, 1897 Papilio noctis henricus Fruhstorfer, 1899 Papilio nox banjermasinus Fruhstorfer, 1899 Papilio noctis solokanus Fruhstorfer, 1903 Papilio nox niepeltiana Strand, 1914 Papilio erebus petronius Fruhstorfer, 1901 Papilio nox smedleyi Jordan, 1937 Atrophaneura tungensis Zin & Leow, 1982

Atrophaneura nox, the Malayan batwing, is a papilionid butterfly found in Java, northern Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia.^[3]

Description

The species is black with blue metallic reflections. 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.^[4]

References

↑ Atrophaneura nox, funet.fi
↑ Swainson, 1822 Zool. Illustr. (1) 2 (20): pl. 102
↑ Akinori Nakanishi, Mohd. Fairus Jalil and Nordin Wahid. Catalogue of Swallowtail Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) at BORNEENSIS pdf
↑ Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6.

External links

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Butterflycorner 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

Red-bodied swallowtails
Atrophaneura	A. aidoneus (lesser batwing) A. dixoni A. horishana (aurora swallowtail) A. kuehni A. luchti A. nox (Malayan batwing) A. priapus (Priapus batwing) A. schadenbergi A. semperi A. sycorax A. veruna (common batwing) A. zaleucus
Byasa	B. adamsoni (Adamson's rose) B. alcinous (Chinese windmill) B. crassipes (black windmill) B. daemonius B. dasarada (great windmill) B. hedistus B. impediens B. laos B. latreillei (rose windmill) B. mencius B. nevilli (Nevill's windmill) B. plutonius (Chinese windmill) B. polla (De Niceville's windmill) B. polyeuctes (common windmill) B. rhadinus
Losaria	L. coon (common clubtail) L. palu (Palu swallowtail) L. rhodifer (Andaman clubtail) L. neptunus (yellow-bodied club-tail)
Pachliopta	P. adamas P. aristolochiae (common rose) P. antiphus P. atropos P. hector (crimson rose) P. jophon (Sri Lanka rose) P. kotzebuea (pink rose) P. eytensis P. liris P. mariae P. oreon P. pandiyana (Malabar rose) P. phlegon P. polydorus (red-bodied swallowtail) P. polyphontes P. strandi

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