Luehdorfia chinensis is a butterfly species from the sailing family.
| Luehdorfia chinensis |
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| 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 |
| View: | Luehdorfia chinensis |
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| International scientific name |
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Luehdorfia chinensis Leech, 1893 |
| Security status |
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Not enough data IUCN Data Deficient : 12405 |
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Fore wing length 22–27 mm. The wings are yellow. Fore wing in transverse black stripes of different sizes. Hind wing with black spots in the basal region, near the outer serrated edge there are blue spots in black rims, in the anal corner there are two red spots next to a tiny blue one, and the M3 vein has a short tail.
The species is endemic to China , where it occurs in Zhejiang , Hubei , Anhui , Jiangsu , Shaanxi , Chongqing (Daba Shan) [1] [2] .
Butterflies fly from April to mid-May. Males appear first, females fly 2-5 days later (depending on the weather conditions of the season). Eggs are laid by the female groups on the underside of the leaves of the feed plants. The feed plant of the caterpillars Asarum forbesii and Asarum sieboldii [3] [4] . Pupa winters [5] .
- ↑ Frankenbach T., Bollino M., Racheli T., Bauer E. Butterflies of the world Part 36, Papilionidae 14, Hypermnestra, Luehdorfiini, Zerynthiini. Keltern, Goecke & Evers, 2012
- ↑ Chou I., 1994. Monographia Rhopalocerum sinensium. Volume 1: 408 pp. Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, China
- ↑ Makita, H., Shinkawa, T., Kazumasa, O., Kondo, A., Nakazawa, T., 2000. Phylogeny of Luehdorfia butterflies inferred from mitochondrial ND5 gene sequences. Entomological Science 3: 321-329.
- ↑ Leech JH 1893 Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea Volume 2: 491, plate 33, figure 1
- ↑ Lee. CL (1978). The early stages of Chinese Rhopalocera-Luehdorfla chinensis Leech (Parnassiidae: Zerynthiinae). Acta Entomologica Sinensis 21: 161-163
