Byasa rhadinus

Byasa rhadinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Byasa
Species: B. rhadinus
Binomial name
Byasa rhadinus[1]
(Jordan, 1928)[1]
Synonyms
  • Atrophaneura mencius rhadinus
  • Atrophaneura rhadinus Jordan, 1928[2]

Byasa rhadinus is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae. It is found in China.[3]

Taxonomy

Originally described as Papilio mencius Felder, 1862 subsp. rhadinus Jordan, 1928, this butterfly was considered conspecific with Atrophaneura mencius (e.g., Collins & Morris 1985, Fujioka et al. 1997). It has been reclassified as a viable species by Chou (1994).

References

  1. 1 2 Häuser, Christoph L.; de Jong, Rienk; Lamas, Gerardo; Robbins, Robert K.; Smith, Campbell; Vane-Wright, Richard I. (28 July 2005). "Papilionidae – revised GloBIS/GART species checklist (2nd draft)". Entomological Data Information System. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. Atrophaneura at funet
  3. LepIndex

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