Byasa plutonius
Species of butterfly
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Byasa plutonius, the Chinese windmill, is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the windmills genus (Byasa), comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents.
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| Chinese windmill | |
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| Subspecies A. p. pembertoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Byasa |
| Species: | B. plutonius |
| Binomial name | |
| Byasa plutonius | |
| Synonyms | |
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Atrophaneura plutonius | |
The two subspecies in the Indian subcontinent have the common names of Pemberton's windmill and Tytler's windmill.
Range
Status
A rare species of high elevations, two subspecies are protected in India:
- B. p. pembertoni, Pemberton's Chinese windmill (may be contracted to Pemberton's windmill)
- B. p. tytleri, Tytler's Chinese windmill (may be contracted to Tytler's windmill)
Pemberton's windmill
Taxonomy
There are three subspecies.
Description
- Wingspan: 100–120 mm.
- Tail black in both sexes.
- Male: Above, brownish black and unmarked except for a row of markings.
- Pemberton's windmill (Sikkim, Bhutan) - This row from veins 2 to 6 on the upper hindwing consists of whitish marginal spots.
- Tytler's windmill (Manipur, Naga and Chin hills) - This row consists of prominent black marginal spots on the upper hindwing and small red spot in vein 2.
- Female: Above, paler. The female has traces of red lunules on the margins from veins 3 to 6 on the upper hindwing.
