Luehdorfia chinensis
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| Chinese luehdorfia | |
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| Male museum specimen, China | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Luehdorfia |
| Species: | L. chinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Luehdorfia chinensis | |
Luehdorfia chinensis, the Chinese luehdorfia, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to China.
Biology
[edit]The larvae feed on Asarum species including, Asarum forbesii and Asarum sieboldii.[2][3]
Ecology and distribution
[edit]It is present in Shaanxi and Henan provinces of China.[4]
Sources
[edit]- Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Luehdorfia chinensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. IUCN: e.T12405A3340960. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12405A3340960.en. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
References
[edit]- ^ Leech, J.H. 1893 Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea Volume 2: 491, plate 33, figure 1
- ^ Luehdorfia, funet.fi
- ^ Lee. C. L. (1978). The early stages of Chinese Rhopalocera-Luehdorfla chinensis Leech (Parnassiidae: Zerynthiinae). Acta Entomologica Sinensis 21: 161-163 (in Chinese).
- ^ Luehdorfia, funet.fi
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