Short-horned Baronia
Baronia brevicornis
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Papilionidae
Baronia brevicornis est une espèce de lépidoptères (papillons) de la famille des Papilionidés. C'est la seule espèce connue de la sous-famille des Baroniinae (et donc aussi du genre Baronia). Elle est endémique du Mexique.
Baronia brevicornis, commonly known as the short-horned baronia, is a species of butterfly in the monotypic genus Baronia and is placed in a subfamily of its own, the Baroniinae, a sister group of the remainder of the swallowtail butterflies. It is endemic to a very small area of Mexico, where the distribution is patchy and restricted. The genus is named after Oscar Theodor Baron who collected the first specimen in the Sierra Madre region of Mexico.
Baronia brevicornis es una especie de lepidóptero ditrisio de la familia Papilionidae, la única del género Baronia y de la subfamilia Baroniinae. Es endémica de México. Es de particular importancia debido a su naturaleza relicta, y las relaciones inciertas con otras subfamilias como Parnassiinae.
Distribution
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