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Atrophaneura kuehni

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Species of butterfly

Atrophaneura kuehni
Honrath's plate in Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 1886, figure 1 female, 1a male
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Papilio kuehni Honrath, 1886
  • Papilio kühni Honrath, 1886
  • Papilio kühni Rothschild, 1895

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

  1. Atrophaneura at Funet
  2. World Field Guide
  3. 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.

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Red-bodied swallowtails
Atrophaneura
Byasa
Losaria
Pachliopta
Taxon identifiers
Atrophaneura kuehni


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