Luehdorfia chinensis

Luehdorfia chinensis, the Chinese luehdorfia, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to China.

Chinese luehdorfia
Male museum specimen, China
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Luehdorfia
Species:
L. chinensis
Binomial name
Luehdorfia chinensis
Leech, 1893 [1]

Biology

The larvae feed on Asarum species including, Asarum forbesii and Asarum sieboldii.[2][3]

Ecology and distribution

It is present in Shaanxi and Henan provinces of China.[4]

Sources
  • Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Luehdorfia chinensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T12405A3340960. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12405A3340960.en. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

References
  1. Leech, J.H. 1893 Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea Volume 2: 491, plate 33, figure 1
  2. Luehdorfia, funet.fi
  3. Lee. C. L. (1978). The early stages of Chinese Rhopalocera-Luehdorfla chinensis Leech (Parnassiidae: Zerynthiinae). Acta Entomologica Sinensis 21: 161-163 (in Chinese).
  4. Luehdorfia, funet.fi


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