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]
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

The Malayan Batwing (Atrophaneura nox) (Swainson, 1822 Zool. Illustr. (1) 2 (20): pl. 102) is a papilionid butterfly jound in Java, North Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia.^[2]

Description

A black with blue metallic reflections species. 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 ^[3]

References

1. Atrophaneura nox, funet.fi
2. Akinori Nakanishi, Mohd. Fairus Jalil and Nordin Wahid. Catalogue of Swallowtail Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) at BORNEENSIS pdf
3. Collins, N.M. & Morris, M.G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World. IUCN. ISBN 2-88032-603-6 pdf

External links

• Butterfly corner 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