Papilio noblei

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Papilio noblei
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Papilio noblei

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Knight Butterfly (Papilionidae)
Subfamily : Papilioninae
Genre : Papilio
Type : Papilio noblei
Scientific name
Papilio noblei
( de Nicéville , 1889)

Papilio noblei is a butterfly from the family of the Knight Butterfly (Papilionidae). Its distribution area is in Southeast Asia , where it can be found from Myanmar to Vietnam .

features

The moths reach a wingspan of 100 to 120 millimeters. The forewings are dark brown to black. In the lower fifth of the post-fiscal region there is a yellow, triangular area that becomes steadily wider towards the inner edge and continues on the hind wing. The hind wings are also dark brown to black. The yellow area continues to the middle of the post-fiscal region and forms a triangle as a whole. The outer edge of the hind wings is wavy and has a caudal extension. There is a red, indicated eye in the anal angle.

The brown underside of the forewings is very similar to the top. The veins in the cell are highlighted in yellow. The underside of the hind wings also closely resembles the upper side. The basal region is covered with yellow scales . In the submarginal region , near the outer edge, there is a series of orange spots.

There are no gender differences in the wing pattern, both have the same wing markings and the same body, the top of which is black and the underside is dark brown.

Similar species

Subspecies

  • Papilio noblei hoa

Danger

The species is not considered endangered but is not found very often in its range.

swell

literature

  • N. Mark Collins, Michael G. Morris, and International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources: Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN, 1985, 401 pages, ISBN 2880326036
  • TR New, N. Mark Collins: Swallowtail butterflies. IUCN, 1991, 36 pages, ISBN 2831700612
  • Hans Fruhstorfer: Directory of the Papilionids collected in Tonkin, Annam and Siam and discussion of related forms. Berlin Entomological Journal, 47; 167-234, Berlin 1902. ( Online , accessed December 2, 2013).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b c d butterflycorner.net: Papilio noblei (accessed on March 6, 2009)