Butanitis [1] , or three-tailed sailboats [1] ( lat. Bhutanitis ) - a genus of day butterflies, family Sailboats .
| Butanitis |
Bhutanitis lidderdalii |
| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Infraclass : | Winged insects |
| Treasure : | Fully Transformed Insects |
| Squadron : | Amphiesmenoptera |
| Infrastructure : | Butterflies |
| Treasure : | Double-breasted |
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| International scientific name |
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Bhutanitis Atkinson , 1873 |
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The name refers to Bhutan - the country where the species Bhutanitis lidderdalii was first found, which is called the "glory of Bhutan" ( English Bhutan Glory ).
Wingspan 100-116 mm.
They are kept in the tops of trees , flying at a height and extremely rarely descend to the ground. The flight is slow, fluttering, smooth, with sharp changes in flight direction. The rarest species of the genus is Bhutanitis ludlowi from Bhutan .
Distributed in South Asia and the continental part of Southeast Asia .
Butterflies live in alpine forests at an altitude of 2300-2800 m above sea level.
Caterpillar feed plants: genus Kirkazon - Aristolochia spp. , A. kaempferii , A. mandshuriensis, and A. griffithii .
The genus includes 4 species [2] :
- Bhutanitis lidderdalii (Atkinson, 1873)
- Bhutanitis ludlowi (Gabriel, 1942)
- Bhutanitis mansfieldi (Riley, 1939)
- Bhutanitis thaidina (Blanchard, 1871)
It is included in the list of Lepidoptera exports whose re-export and import are regulated in accordance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ( CITES ).
- ↑ 1 2 List of species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates, the export, re-export and import of which, as well as their parts or derivatives, are regulated in accordance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES ) // Reference materials on the regulatory support of the activities of zoos and nurseries of the Russian Federation (Part I). Bulletin of the EARAZA Information Center . - M .: EARAZA Information Center, 2005. - S. 260. - 274 p.
- ↑ Frankenbach T., Bollino M., Racheli T., Bauer E. Butterflies of the world Part 36, Papilionidae 14, Hypermnestra, Luehdorfiini, Zerynthiini. Keltern, Goecke & Evers, 2012
- Kaabak L.V., Sochivko A.V. “Butterflies of the World”. - M .: Avanta +, 2003. ISBN 5-94623-008-5 .
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- Bernard d'Abrera "World Butterflies", Hill House Publishers, 2006. - 272 p. - ISBN 0-947352-46-5 .
- Edited by M. Vasilenko. Encyclopedia of butterflies of the world. - SPb. : LLC SZKEO, 2009. - ISBN 978-5-9603-0103-9 . .
