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. [9, 85, 187, PC]

The White Dragontail.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Indo-Malayan.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Leptocircus tutationis. [PC81].

Imago 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].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Illigera appendiculata, Illigera rhodantha [144].

Subspecies of Lamproptera curius

Lamproptera curius curius (Fabricius, 1787). [85]
L. c. libelluloides (Fruhstorfer, 1898). [85]
L. c. walkeri Moore, 1902. [85]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Olga Averyanova, Eugene Karolinskiy.

Text data: Dmitriy Pozhogin, Svetlana Shchavelina.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC81] Dmitriy Pozhogin