Losaria neptunus explained
Losaria neptunus, the yellow-bodied club-tail or yellow club-tail, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Sumatra, south Burma, north Borneo and the Philippines[1]
The wingspan is 100mm120mm. The wings are dark brown or black. The lower half of the abdomen is yellow. It has white markings on the forewings and a red patch on each hindwing.[2]
The larvae feed on Thottea and Aristolochia species.
Subspecies
- L. n. neptunus (southern Burma to Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi)
- L. n. fehri (Honrath, 1892) (Nias)
- L. n. sumatra Hagen (northern Sumatra)
- L. n. padanganus Rothschild (western and southern Sumatra)
- L. n. doris Rothschild (northern Borneo)
- L. n. dacasini (Schröder, 1976) (Philippines: Palawan)
- L. n. matbai Schröder & Treadaway, 1990 (Philippines: Tawitawi)
Notes and References
- http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/atrophaneura/index.html Losaria at Funet
- http://en.butterflycorner.net/Atrophaneura-neptunus-Yellow-Clubtail.1123.0.html ButterflyCorner.net
