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''Losaria rhodifer'', the Andaman clubtail, is a rare species of the swallowtail family, Papilionidae, native to 
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Losaria Butterflies of Asia Butterflies described in 1876 {{Papilionidae-stub
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. The butterfly belongs to the genus ''Losaria
Red-bodied swallowtails or ruby swallowtail ( due to the color ) are butterflies in the swallowtail family, that belong to the genera ''Atrophaneura'', ''Byasa'', ''Losaria'', or ''Pachliopta''. They are generally found in Asia ( Indomalayan ...
'', or the clubtails, as they are commonly known.
Distribution
The butterfly isendemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
and restricted to the Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ...
in the Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between ...
.
Description
Male differs from ''Losaria coon
''Losaria coon'', the common clubtail, is a butterfly belonging to the swallowtail family, Papilionidae. The butterfly belongs to the ''clubtails'', genus ''Losaria''. It includes several subspecies and is found from the Nicobar Islands and Assa ...
'' as follows:
Status
It has been described as not rare but much work needs to be done to clarify its exact status and distribution. It is not listed as threatened.Taxonomy
There are no subspecies.See also
*Papilionidae
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges ...
*List of butterflies of India
The following is a list of the butterflies of India.
India has extremely diverse terrain, climate and vegetation, which comprises extremes of heat cold, desert and jungle, of low-lying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, i ...
*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 borde ...
Cited references
References
* * * * K. Veenakumari & Prashanth Mohanraj, 1994 "Life history of ''Pachliopta rhodifer'' (Papilionidae: Troidini)" ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society'' 1994 Volume 48:111-12Losaria Butterflies of Asia Butterflies described in 1876 {{Papilionidae-stub