Luehdorfia chinensis
| Chinese luehdorfia | |
|---|---|
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| Male museum specimen, China | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Luehdorfia |
| Species: | L. chinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Luehdorfia chinensis Leech, 1893 [1] | |
Luehdorfia chinensis, the Chinese luehdorfia, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to China.
Biology
The larvae feed on Asarum species including, Asarum forbesii and Asarum sieboldii.[2][3]
Ecology and distribution
It is present in Shaanxi and Henan provinces of China.[4]
Sources
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Luehdorfia chinensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
References
- ↑ Leech, J.H. 1893 Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea Volume 2: 491, plate 33, figure 1
- ↑ Luehdorfia, funet.fi
- ↑ Lee. C. L. (1978). The early stages of Chinese Rhopalocera-Luehdorfla chinensis Leech (Parnassiidae: Zerynthiinae). Acta Entomologica Sinensis 21: 161-163 (in Chinese).
- ↑ Luehdorfia, funet.fi
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