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Chinese Windmill

Byasa plutonius

Classification

Class
Insecta

Byasa plutonius, the Chinese windmill, is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the windmills genus (Byasa), comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents. The two subspecies in the Indian subcontinent have the common names of Pemberton's windmill and Tytler's windmill. Range This butterfly lives in south-western China, Bhutan, Nepal and north-east India.

Distribution

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