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Himalayan Tailed Redbreast

Papilio janaka

Classification

Class
Insecta

Papilio janaka, the tailed redbreast, is a well-marked swallowtail butterfly found in India. The species was first described by Frederic Moore and Thomas Horsfield in 1857. Description The tailed redbreast closely resembles Papilio bootes but differs as follows: Male upperside; ground colour a duller more greyish black, the outer half of the hindwing darker; the elongate discal white series of spots extended into interspace 2, sometimes also into interspace 5; beyond these the dark red markings are as in P.

Distribution

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