Bhutanitis thaidina
Chinese Three-tailed Swallowtail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Bhutanitis |
Species: | B. thaidina |
Binomial name | |
Bhutanitis thaidina Blanchard, 1871 | |
Synonyms | |
Armandia thaidina |
Bhutanitis thaidina, commonly known as the Chinese Three-tailed Swallowtail, is a rare species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.
The butterfly is found in Tibet and China. The larva feeds on Aristolochia Aristolochia moupinensis.
Subspecies
- B. t. thaidina
- B. t. dongchuaensis
References
- 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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