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The Lesser Batwing (''Atrophaneura aidoneus'') is an Asian species of butterfly that belongs to the Batwings group of ''Atrophaneura'', comprising tailless black swallowtail butterflies. ==Description== * Wingspan - 112-162mm. * Male : Tailless. Above, the butterfly is bluish-black and unmarked. It has a white scent patch in a square dorsal fold, which is pink or red on its marginal edge. This white scent patch is smaller than that of the Common Windmill. * Female : Tailless. Above, the butterfly is grey-brown. It has dark stripes in between the veins. Resembles ''Atrophaneura varuna'' race ''astorion'', but differs as follows:— Cell of: lore wing proportionately not quite so long; abdominal fold to the hind wing in male not so broad, its lower margin not square, rounded; the specialized scales within the fold white, with an edging of piuk. Female larger. Upperside: ground-colour olivaceous-brown, never black; abdomen with a broad white, not crimson, lateral stripe.〔Bingham, C. T. 1907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atrophaneura aidoneus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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