Losaria neptunus
L. n. doris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Losaria
Species:
L. neptunus
Binomial name
Losaria neptunus
Synonyms
  • Papilio neptunus Guérin-Méneville, 1840
  • Atrophaneura neptunus Rothschild, 1895
  • Parides neptunus
  • Balignina neptunus Page & Treadaway, 2003
  • Papilio thetys Guenée, 1878
  • Papilio thetys Guenée, 1878
  • Papilio neptunus var. fehri Honrath, 1892
  • Papilio neptunus fehri Rothschild, 1895
  • Pachliopta neptunus dacasini Schröder, 1976
  • Balignina neptunus dacasini Page & Treadaway, 2003
  • Balignina neptunus matbai Page & Treadaway, 2003

Losaria neptunus, the yellow-bodied club-tail or yellow club-tail, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Sumatra, south Burma, north Borneo and the Philippines[1]

The wingspan is 100–120 mm (3.9–4.7 in). The wings are dark brown or black. The lower half of the abdomen is yellow. It has white markings on the forewings and a red patch on each hindwing.[2]

The larvae feed on Thottea and Aristolochia species.

Subspecies

  • L. n. neptunus (southern Burma to Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi)
  • L. n. fehri (Honrath, 1892) (Nias)
  • L. n. sumatra Hagen (northern Sumatra)
  • L. n. padanganus Rothschild (western and southern Sumatra)
  • L. n. doris Rothschild (northern Borneo)
  • L. n. dacasini (Schröder, 1976) (Philippines: Palawan)
  • L. n. matbai Schröder & Treadaway, 1990 (Philippines: Tawitawi)

References

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