Bhutanitis thaidina, commonly known as the Chinese three-tailed swallowtail, is a rare species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.
| Chinese three-tailed swallowtail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Bhutanitis |
| Species: | B. thaidina
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| Binomial name | |
| Bhutanitis thaidina Blanchard, 1871
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| Synonyms | |
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Armandia thaidina | |
The butterfly is found in Tibet and China. The larva feeds on Aristolochia Aristolochia moupinensis.
Subspecies
edit- B. t. thaidina
- B. t. dongchuaensis
References
edit- ^ Li, X. (2019). "Bhutanitis thaidina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T2798A122599287. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T2798A122599287.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- 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
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Media related to Bhutanitis thaidina at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Bhutanitis thaidina at Wikispecies- TOLweb.org: Taxonomic discussion of Bhutanitis thaidina
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