TL: ‘near Buxa in the Bhutan Himalayas’   (1500 - 2750 m.)

Males and females have the upperside of wings dull black. Forewing with the following ochraceous white slender markings: basal, sub-basal, medial and preapical lines from costa across cell, the first three continued in a series of more or less diffuse curves to the dorsal margin, the preapical terminates on vein 3; beyond apex of cell a somewhat broken transverse line from costa to vein 3 followed by a complete discal transverse line, a short upper postdiscal somewhat ill-defined line that terminates on vein 4 and a subterminal complete line; all the lines except those that cross the cell formed of a series of short curved lines in the interspaces. Hind wing with similar ochraceous white lines more or less in continuation of those on the forewing with the addition of a broad line along vein 1 and the median vein, these two lines do not reach much beyond the base of vein 4; a large lower discal patch, the inward half scarlet, the outer half velvety-black, followed by broad subterminal bright yellow lunules in interspaces 1 to 4; the tails edged very narrowly with ochraceous white; the black on the outer half of the discal patch has in interspaces 1 and 2 very large ill-defined superposed white spots thickly shaded with brownish grey except along their inner margins. Underside similar, all the markings broader, base of cell in hindwing crossed by a short ochraceous-white bar, and the edges of the pre-costal cell with narrow lines of the same colour. Antennae black; head, thorax and abdomen dull black; the thorax greenish grey laterally, the sides of the abdomen with cross-lines of ochreous white.

Habitat

  • Mountain ridges

Similar species

MU
FU

90-110 mm

MD
FD
Regional distr. - legend
  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    EnglishBhutan Glory
    SuomeksiTuonensiipi
    РусскийПарусник «Слава Бутана»
    中文多尾凤蝶
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    AristolochiaceaeAristolochiaBirthwort

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Extinct
Extinct in the wild
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Legally protected
CITES