Losaria doubledayi
| Losaria doubledayi | |
|---|---|
| Upperside | |
| Underside | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Papilioninae |
| Tribe: | Troidini |
| Genus: | Losaria |
| Species: | L. doubledayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Losaria doubledayi Wallace, 1865
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Losaria doubledayi, the red-marked clubtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found from North-east India to the Malay Peninsula.[1][2][3]
Description
The upperside is similar to Losaria coon, but the base is darker. The underside is broader than coon and has the white spot in the cell toothed below. The rings on the abdomen are red instead of yellow, hence giving its common name.[4][5]
Subspecies
There are six recognized subspecies -
- Losaria doubledayi cacharensis (Butler, 1885) - Northeast India
- Losaria doubledayi putaoa (Tytler, 1939) - North Myanmar
- Losaria doubledayi sambilanga (Doherty, 1886) - Nicobar Islands
- Losaria doubledayi delianus (Fruhstorfer, 1895) - Sumatra
- Losaria doubledayi doubledayi (Wallace, 1865) - Southeast Asia
- Losaria doubledayi insperatus (Joicey and Talbot, 1921) - Hainan
References
- ^ "Atrophaneura". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
- ^ "Red Marked Clubtail (Losaria doubledayi)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
- ^ "(PDF) Are the Yellow and Red Marked Club-Tail Losaria coon the Same Species?". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
- ^ Wallace, Alfred Russel (1865). On the phenomena of variation and geographical distribution as illustrated by the Papilionidae of the Malayan region. Read March 17, 1864. Smithsonian Libraries.
- ^ Bombay Natural History Society (1886). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Smithsonian Libraries. Bombay, Bombay Natural History Society.