Byasa daemonius explained

Byasa daemonius^[1] is a butterfly described by Sergei Alphéraky in 1895. It is found in Tibet and western China, that belongs to the windmills genus Byasa, comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents.

Subspecies

• Byasa daemonius daemonius
• Byasa daemonius yunnana (Oberthür, 1907) (Yunnan)

Status

Very little information is available and none on current status. Further research is required.

References

• Book: Collins . N. Mark . Morris . Michael G. . Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book . 1985 . . Gland & Cambridge . 978-2-88032-603-6 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Papilionidae – revised GloBIS/GART species checklist (2nd draft) . Häuser, Christoph L. . de Jong, Rienk . Lamas, Gerardo . Robbins, Robert K. . Smith, Campbell . Vane-Wright, Richard I. . 28 July 2005 . Entomological Data Information System . Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany . 21 June 2013 . 9 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100909141739/http://www.insects-online.de/frames/papilio.htm . dead .