Luehdorfia

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Luehdorfia
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Luehdorfia puziloi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Luehdorfiini
Genus: Luehdorfia
Crüger, 1878

Luehdorfia is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae. It contains the following species:

Etymology

The genus name is for Friedrich August Lühdorf, a Bremen trader who made a commercial expedition to Japan in 1854.


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