Losaria_neptunus

<i>Losaria neptunus</i>

Losaria neptunus

Species of butterfly

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    Losaria at Funet
  2. [2]
    ButterflyCorner.net

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