Byasa daemonius[1] is a butterfly described by Sergei Alphéraky in 1895. It is found in Tibet and western China, that belongs to the windmills genus Byasa, comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents.

Byasa daemonius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Byasa
Species:
B. daemonius
Binomial name
Byasa daemonius
Synonyms
  • Papilio daemonius Alphéraky, 1895[2]
  • Atrophaneura daemonius (Alphéraky, 1895)[2]
  • Papilio alcinous plutonius ab. fatuus Rothschild, 1895
  • Papilio daemonius var. yunnana Oberthür, 1907

Subspecies

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  • Byasa daemonius daemonius
  • Byasa daemonius yunnana (Oberthür, 1907) (Yunnan)

Status

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Very little information is available and none on current status. Further research is required.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Atrophaneura daemonius (Alphéraky, 1895)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 6 December 2017.