Bhutanitis lidderdalii, Bhutan glory Description
English: "Bhutan Glory" Bhutanitis lidderdalii, Family Papilionidae, Lepidoptera. UP & UN.
Date 1873
Source Atkinson, William Stephen (1873). "Description of a new Genus and Species of Papilionidae from the South-eastern Himalayas". Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London (Zoological Society of London): 570-572. (http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504846#696.)
Author William Stephen Atkinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephen_Atkinson
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bhutanitis_lidderdalii_Atkinson_1873.png
Bhutanitis lidderdalii, the Bhutan glory, is a species of swallowtail butterfly (family Papilionidae), which is found in Bhutan, parts of north eastern India and of Southeast Asia. A spectacular insect much sought after by collectors, the species epithet is after Dr R. Lidderdale, from whose collection the butterfly was first described by William Stephen Atkinson in 1873. Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Papilionidae, Genus: Bhutanitis, Species: Bhutanitis lidderdalii (Atkinson, 1873), Synonyms: Armandia lidderdali.