Papilio janaka

Taxobox
name = Tailed Redbreast

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Papilionidae
genus = "Papilio"
species = "P. janaka"
binomial = "Papilio janaka"
binomial_authority = Moore & Horsfield, 1857The Tailed Redbreast ("Papilio janaka") is a beautiful swallowtail butterfly found in India.

Description

Closely resembles "Papilio bootes", differs as follows :— Male Upperside: ground-colour a duller more greyish-black, the outer half of the hind wing darker; the elongate discal white series of spots extended into interspace 2, sometimes also into interspace 5; beyond these the dark red markings are as in P. bootes, but there is in addition a postdiscal series of red lunules, that at the tornal angle coalesces with the admarginal spot. Underside: similar to that of P. bootes, but with the additional white spots as on the upperside, these however in many specimens are much irrorated with red scales ; the red at tho base of the wings more extended than in "P. bootes" and continued along the dorsal margin of the hind wing in a long streak. Female. Similar to the male, but the groundcolour on the upperside paler, a spot of red at the base of the fore wing; the postdiscal markings on the hind wing white, only tinged with red. Underside similar to the upperside; the red at the base of the wings continued along the dorsal margin as in the male.Bingham, C. T. (1905) Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 1]

tatus

Not known to be threatened. [Collins, N.M. & Morris, M.G. (1985) Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World. IUCN. ISBN 2-88032-603-6]

References

ee also

*Papilionidae
*List of butterflies of India
*List of butterflies of India (Papilionidae)