Byasa daemonius

Byasa daemonius^[1] is a butterfly described by Sergei Alphéraky in 1895. It is found in Tibet and western China, that belongs to the windmills genus Byasa, comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents.

Byasa daemonius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Byasa
Species:	B. daemonius
Binomial name
Byasa daemonius (Alphéraky, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio daemonius Alphéraky, 1895[2] Atrophaneura daemonius (Alphéraky, 1895)[2] Papilio alcinous plutonius ab. fatuus Rothschild, 1895 Papilio daemonius var. yunnana Oberthür, 1907

Subspecies

• Byasa daemonius daemonius
• Byasa daemonius yunnana (Oberthür, 1907) (Yunnan)

Status

Very little information is available and none on current status. Further research is required.