Red-bodied swallowtail

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For other uses, see Red-bodied swallowtail (disambiguation).
Red-bodied swallowtails
File:TS001 Pachliopta hector.jpg
Pachliopta hector
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Subfamily:
Papilioninae
Genus:
Atrophaneura
Reakirt, [1865]
Byasa
Moore, 1882
Losaria
Moore, [1902]
Pachliopta
Reakirt, [1865]
Species

c. 46; see text
Synonyms
  • Polydorus Swainson, [1833]
  • Pangerana Moore, 1886
  • Panosmia Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1886
  • Tros Kirby, 1896
  • Karanga Moore, [1902]
  • Balignina Moore, [1902]

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Red-bodied swallowtails are butterflies in the Swallowtail family, that belong to the genera Atrophaneura, Byasa, Losaria, or Pachliopta. They are generally found in Asia (Indomalaya ecozone).

Collectors have found the red-bodied swallowtails difficult to kill. Pinching the thorax, a method which kills most butterflies, is withstood and apparently only stuns the butterfly temporarily.[citation needed]

Life history

The eggs are simple. The larvae resemble those of other Troidini. Fleshy spine-like tubercles, often with red tips, line the caterpillars' backs, and their bodies are dark red to brown and velvety black or shades of grey with a pattern of black lines. They feed on species of Aristolochia and Thottea. Chrysalids are camouflaged to look like a dead leaf or twig. They are attached by a girdle and an anal pad. Adults are nectar-feeding.

Many species of red-bodied swallowtails show aposematism,[1] and serve as models for Batesian mimics. The biology of Pachliopta hector and Pachliopta aristolochiae is well studied.

  • Pachliopta hector egg

  • Common Rose Cat in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0052.jpg

    Pachliopta aristolochiae larva

  • ジャコウアゲハ蛹-1.jpg

    Byasa alcinous pupa

Taxonomy

Species limits may be either narrow (many species - forma and subspecies raised to full or "good" species) or broad (fewer species - rank reduction) see Jürgen Haffer for a discussion.

Genera and species

File:Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate17.jpg
Plate from Seitz Macrolepidoptera of the World, depicting species now in the genus Atrophaneura.
File:Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate16.jpg
Plate from Seitz Macrolepidoptera of the World, depicting species now in the genera Losaria and Pachliopta.
File:Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate15.jpg
Plate from Seitz Macrolepidoptera of the World, depicting species now in the genus Pachliopta

Listed alphabetically within genera:[2]

genus: Atrophaneura Reakirt, [1865][2] (earlier considered as subgenus Atrophaneura but now raised to genus level)[3]

genus: Byasa Moore, 1882 (earlier considered as subgenus Byasa but now raised to genus level)[3]

genus: Losaria Moore, [1902] (earlier considered as subgenus Losaria but now raised to genus level)[3]

genus: Pachliopta Reakirt, [1865] (earlier considered as subgenus Pachliopta but now raised to genus level)[3]

References

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  5. ↑ Hancook, D.L. (1982). A note on Atrophaneura palu (Martin) 1912. Papilo International. 1(3): 71-73

External links

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