Pachliopta polydorus is a butterfly from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The first description was in 1763 by Linnaeus. The wingspan is about 8.0 – 10.0 cm. Pachliopta polydorus is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. The butterfly is black with white and red spots. Hind wings have tails.
The fore wings are black, but in large part whitish with black veins. In back there is a whitish area.
The underside is a copy of upside.
The hind wings are black and have no tails. The margin is ridged. Next to the margin there is a chain of dark-red spots. In the middle of wing there is a big white area, which is divided by black veins.
The underside is a copy of upside, but red spots are brighter than upside.
The body is black, but the opisthosoma is reddish.
Sex differences: None
Pachliopta polydorus is a butterfly of the Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The distribution is include Australia, Papua New Guinea, Tasmania and New Zealand.
This world map shows the ecozones in which this butterfly is distributed. |
The first description of this butterfly was in 1763 by Linnaeus. There are many subspecies.
- CITES: (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora):
-no entry- (as at 14.06.2006)
- 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 2004) (see: www. redlist.org/)
Pachliopta polydorus Linnaeus 1763
(in some publications: Atrophaneura polydorus)
- Kingdom: ANIMALIA
- Phylum: ARTHROPODA
- Class: INSECTA
- Order: LEPIDOPTERA
- Suborder: DITRYSIA
- Superfamily: PAPILIONOIDEA
- Family: PAPILIONIDAE
- Subfamilie: PAPILIONINAE
- Tribe: TROIDINI
- Genus: PACHLIOPTA
- Specific name: POLYDORUS
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