Atrophaneura dixoni

Species of butterfly

Atrophaneura dixoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Atrophaneura
Species:
A. dixoni
Binomial name
Atrophaneura dixoni
(Grose-Smith, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Papilio dixoni Grose-Smith, 1900[1]

Atrophaneura dixoni is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in northern and central Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2][3]

The wingspan is 130–150 mm. The wings are black. The underside of the hindwings have red patches which are more numerous in females than males. The wing veins are bordered in white.[4]

Status

Uncommon or rare. Localised.[5]

Etymology

This butterfly is named for the collector Frank Dixon who found it at an altitude of 800 feet (240 m) 30 miles (48 km) inland from Bwool.

References

  1. ^ Atrophaneura at Funet
  2. ^ Haugum, J., Ebner, J. and Racheli, T. (1980). The Papilionidae of Celebes (Sulawesi). Lepidoptera Group of '68 Supplement 9: 21 pp, 1 map, 2 pl.
  3. ^ Vane-Wright, R.I. & R. de Jong. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zool. Verh. Leiden 343, 11.vii.2003: 3-267, figs 1-14
  4. ^ "ButterflyCorner.net". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  5. ^ 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.
  • Media related to Atrophaneura dixoni at Wikimedia Commons
  • Butterflycorner Archived 2012-09-17 at the Wayback Machine Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien includes macro photos
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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
Taxon identifiers
Atrophaneura dixoni


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