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Byasa Dasarada
''Byasa dasarada'', the great windmill, is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the windmills genus, ''Byasa'', comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents. Range and status Northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, south-eastern China (including Hainan island (Guangdong province)). The great windmill is not rare or threatened. Subspecies There are five subspecies. The following occur in the Indian neighbourhood: * ''B. d. dasarada'' Frederic Moore, Moore. Sikkim to Assam. Not rare. * ''B. d. ravana'' Frederic Moore, Moore. Kashmir to Kumaon division, Kumaon. Not rare. * ''B. d. barata'' Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Rothschild. Myanmar. Rare. Description * Wingspan: 100 to 140 mm. * The butterflies resemble the Byasa polyeuctes, common windmill but are usually larger with broader tails. * The upper hindwing marginal crescent is white or cream-coloured. * Sexes similar. The female often has a complete dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Butterflies Of India (Papilionidae)
This is a list of the butterflies of family Papilionidae (superfamily Papilionoidea), or the swallowtails, which are found in India. This family of large and beautiful butterflies is well represented with 89 species found within Indian borders.Evans (1932) states, in a table on pg 23, the number of papilionids in the Indian subcontinent as 90; 15 species being found in Ceylon, 19 in South India, 6 in Baluchistan, 11 in Chitral, 31 in the western Himalayas, 69 in Northeast India, 50 in southern Myanmar and 13 in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Wynter-Blyth (1957) gives a modified version of the same table on p. 12, where the overall number of species is 94; with differences being in total number of species for Northeast Himalayas (62) and Myanmar (66). The present list is based on the IUCN red data book, with corrections made by subsequent editors especially in the Parnassiinae. Kunte (2000) on p. 55 mentions a total of 107 species with 19 in peninsular India. Varshney & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
