Bhutanitis thaidina
Species of butterfly
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Bhutanitis thaidina, commonly known as the Chinese three-tailed swallowtail, is a rare species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.
| Chinese three-tailed swallowtail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Bhutanitis |
| Species: | B. thaidina |
| Binomial name | |
| Bhutanitis thaidina Blanchard, 1871 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Armandia thaidina | |
The butterfly is found in Tibet and China. The larva feeds on Aristolochia Aristolochia moupinensis.
Subspecies
- B. t. thaidina
- B. t. dongchuaensis
