Byasa alcinous

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Papilioninae
Tribus: Troidini
Subtribus: Troidina
Genus: Byasa
Species: Byasa alcinous
Subspecies: B. a. alcinous – B. a. bradanus – B. a. loochooana – B. a. miyakoensis – B. a. yakushimana

? B. a. tytleri

Five subspecies after Collins and Morris 1985, Kato and Yagi 2004, Racheli and Cotton 2010. For Byasa alcinous mansonensis see Byasa confusus which was previously a subspecies. Else see [Byasa] alcinous tytleri Evans, 1923: 233

Name

Byasa alcinous (Klug, 1836)

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Synonyms

Papilio alcinous Klug, 1836
Atrophaneura alcinous (Klug, 1836)

Vernacular names

日本語: ジャコウアゲハ
한국어: 사향제비나비
中文: 麝鳳蝶

References

Primary references

Evans, W.H. 1923. The Identification of Indian butterflies, Pt.1 (continued). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 29(1): 230–260, 9 pls. Reference page.
Klug, F. 1836. Neue Schmetterlinge der Insenkten-Sammlung des Königl. Zoologischen Musei der Universität zu Berlin. Neue Schmetterling 1(1): 1-8, pl.1-5. BHL Archive Reference page.