Atrophaneura kuehni | |
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Honrath's plate in Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 1886, figure 1 female, 1a male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Atrophaneura |
Species: | A. kuehni |
Binomial name | |
Atrophaneura kuehni (Honrath, 1886) | |
Synonyms | |
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Atrophaneura kuehni is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae. It is found on Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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.
Little is known about the status of this butterfly which may be very rare. It is held in very few museum collections.
References
- Atrophaneura at Funet
- World Field Guide
- 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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
External links
- Global Butterfly Information System text and images of syntype
Taxon identifiers | |
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Atrophaneura kuehni |
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