Atrophaneura kuehni

Atrophaneura kuehni
Honrath's plate in Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 1886, figure 1 female, 1a male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Atrophaneura
Species:
A. kuehni
Binomial name
Atrophaneura kuehni
(Honrath, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Papilio kuehni Honrath, 1886
  • Papilio kühni Honrath, 1886
  • Papilio kühni Rothschild, 1895[1]

Atrophaneura kuehni is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae. It is found on Sulawesi, Indonesia.

The male's dorsal side is black overall, the ventral side has a red patch. The female is brown with markings paler than the male.[2]

Little is known about the status of this butterfly which may be very rare. It is held in very few museum collections.[3]

References

  1. ^ Atrophaneura at Funet
  2. ^ World Field Guide[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ 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.


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