Byasa laos

Byasa laos, the Lao windmill, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae. The species was first described by Norman Denbigh Riley and Edward John Godfrey in 1921.[2]

Byasa laos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Byasa
Species:
B. laos
Binomial name
Byasa laos
(Riley & Godfrey, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Atrophaneura laos Riley & Godfrey, 1921[1]

The species is found in Laos and northern Thailand, of Southeast Asia region.[3]

Status

Said to be very rare,[4] but status not known with any certainty.[5] More data required for conservation assessment.[6]

See also

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Atrophaneura laos Riley & Godfrey, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  2. Häuser, Christoph L.; de Jong, Rienk; Lamas, Gerardo; Robbins, Robert K.; Smith, Campbell; Vane-Wright, Richard I. (28 July 2005). "Papilionidae – revised GloBIS/GART species checklist (2nd draft)". Entomological Data Information System. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  3. Atrophaneura laos (Riley & Godfrey, 1921)
  4. Lekagul, B., Askins, K., Nabhitabhata, J. and Samruadkit, A. (1977). Field Guide to the Butterflies of Thailand. Association for the Conservation of Wildlife, Bangkok.
  5. D'Abrera, B. (1982). Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part I. Papilionidae and Pieridae. Hill House, Victoria, Australia, xxxi + 244 pp.
  6. Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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