Losaria neptunus

Losaria neptunus, the yellow-bodied club-tail or yellow club-tail, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Sumatra, south Burma, north Borneo and the Philippines

Losaria neptunus
L. n. doris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Losaria
Species:	L. neptunus
Binomial name
Losaria neptunus (Guérin-Méneville, 1840)
Synonyms
Papilio neptunus Guérin-Méneville, 1840 Atrophaneura neptunus Rothschild, 1895 Parides neptunus Balignina neptunus Page & Treadaway, 2003 Papilio thetys Guenée, 1878 Papilio thetys Guenée, 1878 Papilio neptunus var. fehri Honrath, 1892 Papilio neptunus fehri Rothschild, 1895 Pachliopta neptunus dacasini Schröder, 1976 Balignina neptunus dacasini Page & Treadaway, 2003 Balignina neptunus matbai Page & Treadaway, 2003

The wingspan is 100–120 mm (3.9–4.7 in). The wings are dark brown or black. The lower half of the abdomen is yellow. It has white markings on the forewings and a red patch on each hindwing.

The larvae feed on Thottea and Aristolochia species.

Subspecies

• L. n. neptunus (southern Burma to Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi)
• L. n. fehri (Honrath, 1892) (Nias)
• L. n. sumatra Hagen (northern Sumatra)
• L. n. padanganus Rothschild (western and southern Sumatra)
• L. n. doris Rothschild (northern Borneo)
• L. n. dacasini (Schröder, 1976) (Philippines: Palawan)
• L. n. matbai Schröder & Treadaway, 1990 (Philippines: Tawitawi)

References

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