Byasa rhadinus

Byasa rhadinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Byasa
Species:	B. rhadinus
Binomial name
	Byasa rhadinus; (Jordan, 1928)
Synonyms
	Atrophaneura mencius rhadinus; Atrophaneura rhadinus Jordan, 1928;

Byasa rhadinus is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae. It is found in China.^[3]

Taxonomy edit

Originally described as Papilio mencius Felder, 1862 subsp. rhadinus Jordan, 1928, this butterfly was considered conspecific with Atrophaneura mencius (e.g., Collins & Morris 1985, Fujioka et al. 1997). It has been reclassified as a viable species by Chou (1994).

References edit

^ ^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.
^ Atrophaneura at funet
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Byasa mencius ssp. rhadinus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.

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[GloBIS/GART-1] 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] Atrophaneura at funet

[3] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Byasa mencius ssp. rhadinus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.

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