Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Byasa confusus Chinese Windmill
Animal Group:	Butterfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Subfamily:	Papilioninae
Description:	Caterpillars feed on Aristolochiae tagala. Wingspan ranges from 70 to 90mm. The hindwing has seven crescent pink colored spots and a long tail. The abdomen is red. Wing color is black for males and grey-brown for females. They occur from March to July and November.

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Status

Least Concern

Fellowes et al. (2002)

Local Concern

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Mount Nicholoson, Victoria Peak, Pokfulam, Lung Fu Shan, Wong Nai Chung Kap, Deep Water Bay Global Distribution Southeast China, Taiwan

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References

More on Butterfly in HK

Bascombe, M.J., Johnston, G., Bascombe, F.S. 1999. The butterflies of Hong Kong. Academic Press.

Young, J.J., Yiu, V. 2002. Butterfly Watching in Hong Kong. Wan Li Book Co Ltd.

Wu, C.S. 2001. Fauna Sinica. Insecta Vol. 25. Lepidoptera Papilionidae. Science Press.

Wu, C.S., Hsu, Y.F. 2017. Butterflies of China, The Straits Publishing House.