Atrophaneura astorion, also known as the common batwing, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found from Uttarakhand in India to Singapore.
Description The wings are spotless and are blue-black in colour. The head, sides of neck and the thorax is crimson in colour. This species is best separated from Atrophaneura aidoneus by the colour of the dorsal wing folds.
Subspecies There are three recognized subspecies - Atrophaneura astorion astorion (Westwood, 1842) - Bangladesh, India (Uttarakhand, Sikkim) [in some schemes also Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, even China (Hainan)] Atrophaneura astorion varuna (White, 1842) - Thailand, Malaysia (Malay Peninsula), Singapore Atrophaneura astorion zaleucus (Hewitson, 1865) - Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
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