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Red-bodied Swallowtail
	Atrophaneura semperi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Subfamily:	Papilioninae
Genus:	Atrophaneura
Type species
	Atrophaneura semperi;
Species
	c. 11, see text

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Atrophaneura is a genus of mostly black-winged butterflies from the family Papilionidae belonging to the Troidini tribe, sometimes referred to as batwings. Formerly this genus contained three sub-genera: Byasa, Losaria and Pachliopta. Now elevated to genera of their own. Together, they are known as the red-bodied swallowtails and are generally found in Asia.

Description

Simple, strong-coloured eggs. As with the other three genera, the larvae feed on Aristolochia and Thottea, featuring vivid but dark, prominent tubercles. Chrysalids are camouflaged to look like a dead leaf or twig and the adults are conspicuous, using aposematism to warn predators of their toxic nature.

Species

Atrophaneura aidoneus (Doubleday, 1845) – Lesser Batwing
Atrophaneura dixoni (Grose-Smith, 1900)
Atrophaneura horishana (Matsumura, 1910)
Atrophaneura kuehni (Honrath, 1886)
Atrophaneura luchti (Roepke, 1935)
Atrophaneura nox (Swainson, 1822)
Atrophaneura priapus (Boisduval, 1836)
Atrophaneura semperi (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
Atrophaneura sycorax (Grose-Smith, 1885)
Atrophaneura varuna (White, 1842) – Common Batwing
Atrophaneura zaleucus (Hewitson, [1865])