Baronia

Baronia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Baroniinae
Bryk, 1913
Genus: Baronia
Salvin, 1893
Species:
B. brevicornis
Binomial name
Baronia brevicornis
Salvin, 1893

Baronia brevicornis, commonly known as the short-horned baronia, is a species of butterfly in the monotypic genus Baronia and is placed in a subfamily of its own, the Baroniinae, a sister group of the remainder of the swallowtail butterflies.[2] It is endemic to a very small area of Mexico, where the distribution is patchy and restricted.[3][4]

The genus is named after Oscar Theodor Baron who collected the first specimen in the Sierra Madre region of Mexico.[5] The species was then described by Salvin.[6]

Morphological characteristics include an abdominal scent organ in females.[7][8]

Baronia is unique among swallowtail butterflies or their relatives in having an Acacia species, Vachellia campeachiana (synonym Acacia cochliacantha, family Leguminosae) as its larval food plant.[9][10]

  1. ^ Puttick, A.; Leon-Cortes, J.; Legal, L. (2018). "Baronia brevicornis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T2594A119581233. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T2594A119581233.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Natural History Museum; Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). "BARONIA - Butterflies and Moths of the World". nhm.ac.uk. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  3. ^ Luis-Martinez, A.; J. Llorente-Bousquets; Isable Vargas-Fernandez & A. D. Warren (2003). "Biodiversity and biogeography of Mexican butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 105 (1): 209–224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2009.
  4. ^ Llorente-Bousquets, J & A. Luis-Martinez (1993) Conservation-oriented analysis of Mexican butterflies: Papilionidae (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea). In Ramammorthy, T.P., J. Fa, R. Bye y A. Lot (Eds.). 1993. The biological diversity of Mexico: origins and distributions. Oxford University Press. PDF Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Boullet, Eugène (1913). "Description d'une forme femelle de Baronia brevicornis Godm. et Salv. [Lep. Papilionidae]". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 18 (3): 99–101. Bibcode:1913AnSEF..18...99B. doi:10.3406/bsef.1913.25260. S2CID 182585983.
  6. ^ Digital collection sil.si.edu
  7. ^ Robbins, Robert K. (1989). "Systematic implications of butterfly leg structures that clean the antennae". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 96 (3–4): 209–222. doi:10.1155/1989/43420.
  8. ^ Häuser, C. L. (1992). "A new abdominal scent organ in females of Baronia brevicornis (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 229 (1/2): 54–62.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Savela, Markku (16 February 2008). "Baronia". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 9 November 2010.