Pachliopta hector

Crimson rose
Male in Hyderabad, India
In Kerala, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Pachliopta
Species:
P. hector
Binomial name
Pachliopta hector
Synonyms

Atrophaneura hector

Male in Hyderabad, India

Atrophaneura Hector, the crimson rose,[2][3] is a large swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus Pachliopta (roses) of the red-bodied swallowtails.[2][3] It is recorded as a species of "Least Concern (LC)" by IUCN.

  1. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. pp. 1–2. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  3. ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Atrophaneura hector (Linnaeus, 1758)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 3, 2018.