Byasa adamsoni, or Adamson's rose, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.[2]
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| Species: | B. adamsoni |
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| Byasa adamsoni[1] (Grose-Smith, 1886)[1] | |
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Etymology
It is named for the collector Captain Adamson R.E.
References
- Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Grose-Smith, H. (1886). Descriptions of four new Species of Butterflies from Burmah. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18(5):149-151.