Atrophaneura sycorax (Grose-Smith, 1885)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Papilionidae → subfamily Papilioninae → tribe Troidini → genus Atrophaneura → species Atrophaneura sycorax
Species name(s)
Atrophaneura sycorax (Grose-Smith, 1885) = Papilio egertoni = Papilio sycorax Grose-Smith, 1885.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Indo-Malayan.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Detailed information with references
Synonyms and combinations
- Papilio egertoni. [0]. Dmitriy Pozhogin.
Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Atrophaneura sycorax egertoni (Distant, 1886). Wingspan 100-120 mm. Both sexes bear prominent white collar at prothorax and with more than the apical half of the body yellowish-white with black markings. UP is black and the distal half of HW (hind - wing) is grayish-blue, with two series of rathr large interneural black spots. [144]. Svetlana Shchavelina.
Subspecies Atrophaneura sycorax
- A. s. egertoni (Distant, 1886).
- A. s. hiroyukii Hanafusa, 1993.
- A. s. pariwononis Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979.
- A. s. sycorax (Grose-Smith, 1885).
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Alex Dumchus. Text data: Dmitriy Pozhogin, Svetlana Shchavelina.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
Color 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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