Lamproptera curius (Fabricius, 1787)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Papilionidae → subfamily Papilioninae → tribe Leptocircini → genus Lamproptera → species Lamproptera curius
Species name(s)
Lamproptera curius (Fabricius, 1787) = Leptocircus tutationis = Papilio curius Fabricius, 1787 = Leptocircus curius = Lamproptera curia = Lamproptera curius curius = Leptocircus curius libelluloides Fruhstorfer, 1898 = Leptocircus curius magistralis Fruhstorfer, 1909 = Leptocircus curius tutationis Fruhstorfer, 1909.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Indo-Malayan.

Detailed information with references
Synonyms and combinations
- Leptocircus tutationis. [0]. Dmitriy Pozhogin.
Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 25-37 mm. UP is black, FW with apical half transparent band except narrow border and black veins, discal band prominent white on both wings, HW with a long and twisted, white-tipped tail. Male bears a scent fold on UpH. [144]. Svetlana Shchavelina.
Larva food plants
- Illigera appendiculata, Illigera rhodantha [144]. Svetlana Shchavelina.
Subspecies Lamproptera curius
- L. c. curius (Fabricius, 1787).
- L. c. libelluloides (Fruhstorfer, 1898).
- L. c. walkeri Moore, 1902.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Olga Averyanova, Eugene Karolinskiy. Text data: Dmitriy Pozhogin, Svetlana Shchavelina.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [85] Lepidoptera.ru (Insecta.pro previous version / cтарая версия Insecta.pro)
- [144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
- Dmitriy Pozhogin, personal communication
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