Atrophaneura nox

Atrophaneura nox is a butterfly from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The first description was in 1822 by Swainson. The wingspan is about 9 – 11 cm. This butterfly is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. Atrophaneura nox is black. The body has a red hairs. The females are dark-brown.

Photos for easy identification

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

Here you can see some photos of Atrophaneura nox (male above / female below). Atrophaneura nox is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE from Australasia / Indomalaya (Australia).

Description

The fore wings are black.
The underside of Atrophaneura nox is very similar to the upside.

The hind wings of Atrophaneura nox are black. Next to the body there is a dark-brown area.
The underside is black.

The body (abdomen) is black. Head and thorax are black. Some parts of the underside of thorax have red hairs.

Sex differences: The female covers the upper range of the wing-span. The basic colour of the female is dark-brown. The veins are bordered by brown colour.

Distribution

Atrophaneura nox is a butterfly from the Australasia / Indomalaya (Australia) ecozone. You can observe this butterfly in Indonesia.

: This world map shows the ecozones in which this butterfly is distributed.

Larval food

Aristolochiaceae:

Thottea corymbosa

General information

The first description of this butterfly was in 1822 by Swainson. There are seven subspecies.

Atrophaneura nox erebus [Wallace, 1865] Malayan Batwing
Atrophaneura nox henricus [Fruhstor]
Atrophaneura nox niepeltiana [Strand]
Atrophaneura nox noctis [Hewitson]
Atrophaneura nox nyx [de Nicéville]
Atrophaneura nox petronius [Fruhstorfer]
Atrophaneura nox solokanus [Fruhstorfer]

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

Here you can see the subspecies Atrophaneura nox erebus (male above / female below).

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

: Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

Here you can see the subspecies Atrophaneura nox noctis (male above / female below).

Protection provisions / Red List

CITES: (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora):

-No entry- (as at 12.02.2008)
EU regulation on trading with species of wild Fauna and Flora

-No entry- (as at 19.08.2005)
IUCN Red List of threatened species:

-No entry- (as at 2008)