Atrophaneura kuehni
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| Atrophaneura kuehni | |
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| Honrath's plate in Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 1886, figure 1 female, 1a male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Atrophaneura |
| Species: | A. kuehni |
| Binomial name | |
| Atrophaneura kuehni (Honrath, 1886) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Atrophaneura kuehni is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae. It is found on Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The male's dorsal side is black overall, the ventral side has a red patch. The female is brown with markings paler than the male.[2]
Little is known about the status of this butterfly which may be very rare. It is held in very few museum collections.[3]