Atrophaneura_nox

<i>Atrophaneura nox</i>

Atrophaneura nox

Species of butterfly

Atrophaneura nox, the Malayan batwing, is a papilionid butterfly found in Java, northern Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia.[3]

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Description

The species is black with blue metallic reflections. 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.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Atrophaneura nox, funet.fi
  2. [2]
    Swainson, 1822 Zool. Illustr. (1) 2 (20): pl. 102
  3. [3]
    Akinori Nakanishi, Mohd. Fairus Jalil and Nordin Wahid. Catalogue of Swallowtail Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) at BORNEENSIS pdf Archived 2012-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    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.


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