Atrophaneura alcinous

Atrophaneura alcinous (Anglice Chinese windmill) est papilio familiae Papilionidarum, a Sinis orientalibus ad regionem Ussuri meridianam, et in Corea et Iaponia endemicus.

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Animalia — Arthropoda

Classis : Insecta 
Ordo : Lepidoptera 
Familia : Papilionidae 
Genus : Atrophaneura 
Species : A. alcinous 

Atrophaneura alcinous 
(Klug, 1836)  

Synonyma

*Papilio alcinous Klug, 1836

• Papilio spathatus Butler, 1881
• Papilio haemotostictus Butler, 1881
• Tros alcinous
• Byasa alcinous

Habitat in silvis foliorum latorum.

Adulti a Maio ad Augustum volare solent. Sunt duae generationes per annum

Larvae Aristolochia mandshhuriensi vescuntur. Subspecies observatae sunt in Aristolochia shimadai, A, liukiuensi, A. kanauensi, A. eleganti, A. debile, A. kaempferii, A. onoei, A. tagala, Cocculo trilobo, et Metaplexi chinensi. Species ut pupa hiemat.

Subspecies

• Atrophaneura alcinous alcinous
• Atrophaneura alcinous confusus (Rothschild, 1895) (Ussuri)
• Atrophaneura alcinous yakushimana (Esaki & Umeno, 1929) (Japan)
• Atrophaneura alcinous loochooana (Rothschild, 1896) (Japan)
• Atrophaneura alcinous miyakoensis (Omoto, 1960) (Japan)
• Atrophaneura alcinous bradanus (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Japan)
• Atrophaneura alcinous mansonensis (Fruhstorfer, 1901) (Sinae medio-meridianae et meridio-orientales, Taivania)

Notae

Haec stipula ad insectum spectat. Amplifica, si potes!