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Bhutanitis ludlowi Gabriel, 1942

Ludlow's Bhutan swallowtail, Bhutan glory butterfly, Ludlow's Bhutan glory, or Mystical Bhutan glory

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1934

Rediscovered in 2009

IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable

 

Distribution

Bhutan & India

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Gabriel, A. G. (1942). A new species of Bhutanitis (Lep. Papilionidae). The Entomologist 75: 189.

 

Other references:

Collins, N. M. and Morris, M. G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World. The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland and Cambridge.

Dendup, T., N. Shacha, K. Tempa & T.B. Ghalley (2023). Biology of Bhutanitis ludlowi Gabriel, 1942 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary, Bhutan. Journal of Threatened Tadža 15(1): 22440–22447. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7393.15.1.22440-22447

Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). Bhutanitis ludlowi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 04 December 2014.

Harada, M., Karma Wangdi, et al. (2012). Rediscovery of Ludlow’s Bhutan Glory, Bhutanitis ludlowi Gabriel (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): morphology and biology. Butterflies 60: 4-15.

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http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/15534/bhutanitis-ludlowi-ludlows-bhutan-swallowtail

 

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