Bhutanitis thaidina

Chinese three-tailed swallowtail
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Bhutanitis
Species:	B. thaidina
Binomial name
Bhutanitis thaidina Blanchard, 1871
Synonyms
Armandia thaidina

Bhutanitis thaidina, commonly known as the Chinese three-tailed swallowtail, is a rare species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.

The butterfly is found in Tibet and China. The larva feeds on Aristolochia Aristolochia moupinensis.

Subspecies

• B. t. thaidina
• B. t. dongchuaensis

References

1. Li, X. (2019). "Bhutanitis thaidina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T2798A122599287. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T2798A122599287.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

• 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.

External links

• Media related to Bhutanitis thaidina at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Bhutanitis thaidina at Wikispecies
• TOLweb.org: Taxonomic discussion of Bhutanitis thaidina