Lamproptera

Lamproptera is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae and the tribe Leptocircini.

Lamproptera
Lamproptera meges (Ulster Museum)
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Lamproptera

Gray, 1832[1]
Synonyms
  • Leptocircus Swainson, 1833

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Lamproptera curius (Fabricius, 1787)white dragontailThailand, Laos, Vietnam, southern China, Kampuchea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and the Philippines. India from Assam to Burma
Lamproptera meges (Zinken, 1831)green dragontailIndia, in the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, southern China (including Hainan), Cambodia, peninsular and eastern Malaysia, the Indonesian archipelago, Brunei, and the Philippines.
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gollark: Specifically "chimerical colours".
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References

  1. Lamproptera at funet.fi
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