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Byasa rhadinus is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae. It is found in China.

Taxonomy

Originally described as Papilio mencius Felder, 1862 subsp. rhadinus Jordan, 1928, this butterfly was considered conspecific with Atrophaneura mencius (e.g., Collins & Morris 1985, Fujioka et al. 1997). It has been reclassified as a viable species by Chou (1994).

References

1. ^ Häuser, Christoph L.; de Jong, Rienk; Lamas, Gerardo; Robbins, Robert K.; Smith, Campbell; Vane-Wright, Richard I. (28 July 2005). "Papilionidae – revised GloBIS/GART species checklist (2nd draft)". Entomological Data Information System. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
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3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Byasa mencius ssp. rhadinus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.

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