Sericinus montela
| Dragon swallowtail | |
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| Male at the Great Wall near Beijing | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Sericinus |
| Species: | S. montela |
| Binomial name | |
| Sericinus montela Gray, 1852 | |
Sericinus montela, the dragon swallowtail, is a member of the subfamily Parnassiinae of the swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, China and Japan.
Images
Male museum specimen from China
Nominate subspecies, female
Nominate subspecies, male
Subspecies amurensis, female, Amur, Russia
Subspecies amurensis, male, Amur
References
- Ackery, P.R., 1975. A guide to the genera and species of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology). 31: 71-105, plates 1-15.pdf
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