Home>>Column>>Insect

The main identifying characteristics of the Papilion butterfly (the largest butterfly in China)

2023-03-22 01:38:56 61

The Papilion butterfly has a large body, with a wingspan of 170mm. The female butterfly is dark in color with a black velvet luster, making it look solemn, steady and noble. The hind wings of both male and female butterflies are golden yellow with black spots. When the sun shines, the golden light flashes, making it even more magnificent; the neck There are red hairs on the sides of the chest; the belly is yellow and black, showing its elegant temperament, so it is known as the "Golden Boy", "Dai Nu" and "Golden Kite".

The Papilion butterfly is a genus of Papilionidae in the family Papilionidae. It is an object of secondary international wildlife protection and is also the largest butterfly in my country. It can be found in the mountainous areas of the Yangtze River and Pearl River basins such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Taiwan, and in western regions such as Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Gansu, and Shaanxi. It is distributed abroad in India, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and other countries.

animal tags: Papilio Papilionidae