''Byasa hedistus'' is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae (swallowtails) that is found in northern Vietnam and southern

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. ''Byasa hedistus'' is little known, with no information available on status. it is regarded by

Bernard d'Abrera Bernard d'Abrera (28 August 1940 – 13 January 2017) was an Australian entomological taxonomist and philosopher of science, particularly noted for his books on true butterflies (Papilionoidea) and larger moths of the world (Saturniidae and Sphing ...

as a subspecies of ''

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 Indi ...

''.D'Abrera, B. (1982). ''Butterflies of the Oriental Region''. Part I. Papilionidae and Pieridae. Hill House, Victoria, Australia, xxxi + 244 pp.

References

*Jordan, K.,1928 On the latreillei group of eastern Papilios. ''Novitates Zoologicae''. 34:159-172, pl.6,7
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Butterflies described in 1928 Byasa Taxa named by Karl Jordan Butterflies of Indochina {{Papilionidae-stub