Atrophaneura nevilli
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Nevill's Windmill Atrophaneura nevilli is a beautiful butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 found in India that belongs to the Windmills group of Atrophaneura, comprising tailed black swallowtail
Swallowtail butterfly
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies that form the family Papilionidae. There are over 550 species, and though the majority are tropical, members of the family are found on all continents except Antarctica...

 butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents.

Status

Very common in western China. Very rare in India. Protected in India though it is not known to be threatened.

Description

  • Wingspan : 100 - 120mm.
  • Similar to the Great Windmill
    Atrophaneura dasarada
    Great Windmill is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Windmills group of the genus Atrophaneura, comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents....

    , but is smaller. The tail is not red-tipped.

Resembles Atrophaneura dasarada ravana
Atrophaneura dasarada
Great Windmill is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Windmills group of the genus Atrophaneura, comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents....

, Moore, but is smaller, with the markings also proportionately smaller, male differs as follows :— the subterminal series of lunules on the hind wing crimson or vermilion-red, never white or partly white as in ravana; sexual abdominal fold within white, not blackish-brown; the subterminal red lunule in interspace 3 very often missing. Female resembles the male rather than the female of ravana but the white rectangular markings in interspaces 5 and 6 are whiter. From A. ravana female it differs in the complete absence of the white discal spots in interspaces 1, 2, 3, and 4. In both sexes the tail is black without any red spot.

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