Byasa adamsoni

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Adamson's rose
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Byasa
Species:
B. adamsoni
Binomial name
Byasa adamsoni [1]
(Grose-Smith, 1886) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio adamsoniGrose-Smith, 1886
  • Papilio (Byasa) minereoidesElwes & de Nicéville, [1887]
  • Atrophaneura (Byasa) adamsoni(Grose-Smith, 1886)

Byasa adamsoni, or Adamson's rose, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. [2]

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Etymology

It is named for the collector Captain Adamson R.E.

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References

  1. 1 2 Häuser, Christoph L.; de Jong, Rienk; Lamas, Gerardo; Robbins, Robert K.; Smith, Campbell; Vane-Wright, Richard I. (28 July 2005). "Papilionidae – revised GloBIS/GART species checklist (2nd draft)". Entomological Data Information System. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Atrophaneura adamsoni adamsoni (Grose-Smith,1886)


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