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Losaria neptunus

Losaria neptunus, the yellow-bodied club-tail or yellow club-tail, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Sumatra, south Burma, north Borneo and the Philippines

The wingspan is . The wings are dark brown or black. The lower half of the abdomen is yellow. It has white markings on the forewings and a red patch on each hindwing.

The larvae feed on Thottea and Aristolochia species.

Subspecies

  • L. n. manasukkiti <small>(Cotton, Racheli and Sukhumalind, 2005) </small> - Ranong and southernmost Myanmar
  • L. n. neptunus <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1840)</small> - West Malaysia, southernmost Thailand
  • L. n. creber <small> (van Eecke, 1914) </small> - Simeulue
  • L. n. fehri <small> (Honrath, 1892) </small> - Nias
  • L. n. lepida <small> (Hanafusa, 1994) </small> - Tanahmasa Island in the Batu Islands
  • L. n. eminens <small>(Hanafusa, 1990)</small> - Sipora
  • L. n. siborangitana <small>(Tsukada and Nishiyama, 1980)</small> - Northern Sumatra
  • L. n. padanganus <small>(Rothschild, 1908)</small> - Western Sumatra
  • L. n. doris <small>(Rothschild, 1908)</small> - Borneo
  • L. n. dacasini <small>(Schröder, 1976)</small> - Palawan
  • L. n. matbai <small>(Schröder & Treadaway, 1990)</small> - Tawi-Tawi

References