Byasa plutonius, the Chinese windmill, is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the windmills genus (Byasa), comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents.
The two subspecies in the Indian subcontinent have the common names of Pemberton's windmill and Tytler's windmill.
This butterfly lives in south-western China, Bhutan, Nepal and north-east India.
In India, it is found in the states of Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram.
A rare species of high elevations, two subspecies are protected in India:
There are three subspecies.
Byasa plutonius, the Chinese windmill, is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the windmills genus (Byasa), comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents.
The two subspecies in the Indian subcontinent have the common names of Pemberton's windmill and Tytler's windmill.
Byasa plutonius es una especie de mariposas de la familia de los papiliónidos.[1]
Byasa plutonius es una especie de mariposas de la familia de los papiliónidos.
Byasa plutonius is een vlinder uit de familie van de pages (Papilionidae).[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1876 door Charles Oberthür.
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