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

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( Indomalayan realm). Collectors have found the red-bodied swallowtails difficult to kill. Pinching the

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, a method which kills most butterflies, is withstood and apparently only stuns the butterfly temporarily.

Life history

The eggs are simple. The larvae resemble those of other

Troidini Troidini is a tribe of swallowtail butterflies that consists of some 135 species in 12 genera. Members of this tribe are superlatively large among butterflies (in terms of both wingspan and surface area) and are often strikingly coloured. Gener ...

. Fleshy spine-like tubercles, often with red tips, line the caterpillars' backs, and their bodies are dark red to brown and velvety black or shades of grey with a pattern of black lines. They feed on species of '' Aristolochia'' and ''

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''. Chrysalids are camouflaged to look like a dead leaf or twig. They are attached by a girdle and an anal pad. Adults are nectar feeding. Many species of red-bodied swallowtails show aposematism, and serve as models for Batesian mimicry. The biology of ''

Pachliopta hector ''Pachliopta hector'', the crimson rose, is a large swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus '' Pachliopta'' (roses) of the red-bodied swallowtails. It is recorded as a species of "Least Concern (LC)" by IUCN. Range It is found in India ...

'' and ''

Pachliopta aristolochiae ''Pachliopta aristolochiae'', the common rose, is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus ''Pachliopta'', the roses, or red-bodied swallowtails. It is a common butterfly which is extensively distributed across south and southeast Asia. R ...

'' are well studied. File:Pachliopta hector egg sec.jpg, ''Pachliopta hector'' egg File:Common Rose Cat in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0052.jpg, ''Pachliopta aristolochiae'' larva File:ジャコウアゲハ蛹-1.jpg, ''Byasa alcinous'' pupa

Taxonomy

Species limits may be either narrow (many species - forma and subspecies raised to full or "good" species) or broad (fewer species - rank reduction) se
Jürgen Haffer
for a discussion.

Genera and species

Listed alphabetically within genera: genus: ''Atrophaneura'' Reakirt,

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/small> (earlier considered as subgenus ''Atrophaneura'' but now raised to genus level) :*''

Atrophaneura aidoneus ''Atrophaneura aidoneus'', the lesser batwing, is an Asian species of butterfly that belongs to the batwings group of ''Atrophaneura'', comprising tailless black swallowtail butterflies. Description * Wingspan: 112–162 mm. * Male: Taille ...

'' (Doubleday, 1845) — lesser batwing :*''

Atrophaneura dixoni ''Atrophaneura dixoni'' is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in northern and central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The wingspan is 130–150 mm. The wings are black. The underside of the hindwings have red patches whi ...

'' (Grose-Smith, 1900) :*''

Atrophaneura horishana ''Atrophaneura horishana'', the aurora swallowtail, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Taiwan. The wingspan is 110–130 mm. The wings are black. The body has red hairs. There is a large red patch on the ...

'' (Matsumura, 1910) — aurora swallowtail :*''

Atrophaneura kuehni ''Atrophaneura kuehni'' is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae. It is found on Sulawesi, Indonesia. The male's dorsal side is black overall, the ventral side has a red patch. The female is brown with markings paler than the male. ...

'' (Honrath, 1886) :*''

Atrophaneura luchti ''Atrophaneura luchti'' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Indonesia (Java). ''Atrophaneura luchti'' is restricted to the mountains in the far east of Java. Little is known about this species which closely r ...

'' (Roepke, 1935) :*''

Atrophaneura nox ''Atrophaneura nox'', the Malayan batwing, is a papilionid butterfly found in Java, northern Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia. Description The species is black with blue metallic reflections. On the forewings the veins are shaded white. There are ...

'' (Swainson, 1822) — Malayan batwing :*''

Atrophaneura priapus ''Atrophaneura priapus'', the Priapus batwing or white-head batwing, is a swallowtail butterfly found in Burma, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java. The subspecies ''A. p. hageni'' was named to honour Hermann August Hagen. It may be a full species. ''A ...

'' (Boisduval, 1836) — Priapus batwing :*'' Atrophaneura semperi'' (C. & R. Felder, 1861) :*''

Atrophaneura schadenbergi ''Atrophaneura schadenbergi'' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, ...

'' (Semper, 1891) :*''

Atrophaneura sycorax ''Atrophaneura sycorax'' is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found from southern Burma to Peninsular Malaysia, and in Sumatra and western Java. The wingspan is 130–140 mm. The wings are black. There is a wide du ...

'' (Grose-Smith, 1885) :*'' Atrophaneura varuna'' (White, 1842) — common batwing :*'' Atrophaneura zaleucus'' (Hewitson,

genus: ''Byasa'' Moore, 1882 (earlier considered as subgenus ''Byasa'' but now raised to genus level). :*'' Byasa adamsoni'' (Grose-Smith, 1886) — Adamson's rose :*''

Byasa alcinous ''Byasa alcinous'', the Chinese windmill, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. Description ''Byasa alcinous'' has a wingspan reaching about . The basic colour of the wings is black or dark brown. The hindwings have long tails and a chain o ...

'' (Klug, 1836) — Chinese windmill :*'' Byasa crassipes'' (Oberthür, 1893) — black windmill :*''

Byasa daemonius ''Byasa daemonius'' is a butterfly described by Sergei Alphéraky in 1895. It is found in Tibet and western China, that belongs to the windmills genus ''Byasa Red-bodied swallowtails or ruby swallowtail ( due to the color ) are butterflies ...

'' (Alphéraky, 1895) :*'' Byasa dasarada'' (Moore, 1857) — great windmill :*'' Byasa hedistus'' (Jordan, 1928) :*'' Byasa impediens'' (Rothschild, 1895) :*'' Byasa laos'' (Riley & Godfrey, 1921) :*'' Byasa latreillei'' (Donovan, 1826) — rose windmill :*'' Byasa mencius'' (C. & R. Felder, 1862) :*'' Byasa nevilli'' (Wood-Mason, 1882) — Nevill's windmill :*'' Byasa plutonius'' (Oberthür, 1876) — Chinese windmill :*''

Byasa polla ''Byasa polla'', the De Nicéville's windmill, is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the windmills genus (''Byasa''), comprising tailed black Swallowtail butterfly, swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents. ...

'' (de Nicéville, 1897) — De Niceville's windmill :*'' Byasa polyeuctes'' (Doubleday, 1842) — common windmill :*'' Byasa rhadinus'' (Jordan, 1928) genus: ''Losaria'' Moore, 902/small> (earlier considered as subgenus ''Losaria'' but now raised to genus level) :*''

Losaria coon ''Losaria coon'', the common clubtail, is a butterfly belonging to the Swallowtail butterfly, swallowtail family, Papilionidae. The butterfly belongs to the ''clubtails'', genus ''Losaria''. It includes several subspecies and is found from the An ...

'' (Fabricius, 1793) — common clubtail :*'' Losaria palu'' (Martin, 1912) — Palu swallowtail - has been regarded a subspecies of ''A. coon''Hancook, D.L. (1982). ''A note on Atrophaneura palu (Martin) 1912.'' Papilo International. 1(3): 71-73 :*'' Losaria rhodifer'' (Butler, 1876) — Andaman clubtail :*'' Losaria neptunus'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1840) — yellow-bodied club-tail or yellow club-tail genus: ''Pachliopta'' Reakirt,

/small> (earlier considered as subgenus ''Pachliopta'' but now raised to genus level) :*'' Pachliopta adamas'' ( Zinken, 1831) :*''

'' (Fabricius, 1775) — common rose :*'' Pachliopta antiphus'' (Fabricius, 1793) :*'' Pachliopta atropos'' (Staudinger, 1888) :*''

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — crimson rose :*'' Pachliopta jophon'' (Gray,

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— Ceylon rose or Sri Lankan rose :*'' Pachliopta kotzebuea'' (Eschscholtz, 1821) — pink rose :*'' Pachliopta leytensis'' (Murayama, 1978) :*''

Pachliopta liris ''Pachliopta liris'' is a species of butterfly from the Family (biology), family Papilionidae that is found on Timor, Wetar Island, Wetar Is. and Savu Island, Savu Is. The wingspan is 100–110 mm. The wings are dark-brown with red spots an ...

'' (Godart, 1819) :*'' Pachliopta mariae'' (Semper, 1878) :*'' Pachliopta oreon'' (Doherty, 1891) :*''

Pachliopta pandiyana ''Pachliopta pandiyana'', the Malabar rose, is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus ''Pachliopta'', the roses or red-bodied swallowtails. It is an important endemic butterfly of south India. Description This was earlier considered a ...

'' (Moore, 1881) — Malabar rose :*'' Pachliopta phlegon'' (C. & R. Felder, 1864) :*''

Pachliopta polydorus ''Pachliopta polydorus'', the red-bodied swallowtail, is a butterfly from the family Papilionidae found in north-eastern Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea.http://en.butterflycorner.net/Pachliopta-polydorus.531.0.html Butterfly Corner De ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1763) — red-bodied swallowtail :*'' Pachliopta polyphontes'' (Boisduval, 1836) :*'' Pachliopta strandi'' (Bryk, 1930)

References

External links

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Correctly identified tagged photos

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