Byasa laos, the Lao windmill, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae. The species was first described by Norman Denbigh Riley and Edward John Godfrey in 1921.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Byasa |
| Species: | B. laos
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| Binomial name | |
| Byasa laos | |
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The species is found in Laos and northern Thailand, of Southeast Asia region.[3]
Status
editSaid to be very rare,[4] but status not known with any certainty.[5] More data required for conservation assessment.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Atrophaneura laos Riley & Godfrey, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ^ 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 laos (Riley & Godfrey, 1921)
- ^ Lekagul, B., Askins, K., Nabhitabhata, J. and Samruadkit, A. (1977). Field Guide to the Butterflies of Thailand. Association for the Conservation of Wildlife, Bangkok.
- ^ D'Abrera, B. (1982). Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part I. Papilionidae and Pieridae. Hill House, Victoria, Australia, xxxi + 244 pp.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- External images of holotype Global Butterfly Information System
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