Byasa rhadinus

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Byasa rhadinus
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B. rhadinus
Binomial name
Byasa rhadinus [1]
(Jordan, 1928) [1]
Synonyms
  • Atrophaneura mencius rhadinus
  • Atrophaneura rhadinus Jordan, 1928 [2]

Byasa rhadinus is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae. It is found in China. [3]

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Taxonomy

Originally described as Papilio mencius Felder, 1862 subsp. rhadinus Jordan, 1928, this butterfly was considered conspecific with Atrophaneura mencius (e.g., Collins & Morris 1985, Fujioka et al. 1997). It has been reclassified as a viable species by Chou (1994).

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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.
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  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Byasa mencius ssp. rhadinus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.