Atrophaneura polydorus, commonly known as the Red-bodied Swallowtail, is a 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...

 from the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Papilionidae found in North-Eastern Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

Australia

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 as well as Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

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 and New Zealand

New Zealand

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Description

The forewings are black, with white a white patch. The hindwings have ridged edges, are black and have no tails. There is a line of dark-red spots. In the middle of wing there is a big white patch. The underside of both wings are the same as the above side, but the underside has brighter red spots. The body is black with a red abdomen

Abdomen

In vertebrates such as mammals the abdomen constitutes the part of the body between the thorax and pelvis. The region enclosed by the abdomen is termed the abdominal cavity...

. The sexes are alike.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

• A. p. aignanus [Rothschild]
• A. p. asinius [Fruhstorfer]
• A. p. dampierensis [Hagen]
• A. p. godartianus [Lucas]
• A. p. humboldti [Rothschild]
• A. p. kajelanus [Fruhstorfer]
• A. p. lascarus [Fruhstorfer]
• A. p. leodamas [Wallace]
• A. p. manus [Talbot]
• A. p. meforanus [Rothschild]
• A. p. naissus [Fruhstorfer]
• A. p. novobritannicus [Rothschild]
• A. p. orinomus [Rothschild]
• A. p. polydaemon [Mathew]
• A. p. queenslandicus [Rothschild, 1895]
• A. p. septentrionalis [Rothschild]
• A. p. tenimberensis [Rothschild]
• A. p. thessalia [Swinhoe]
• A. p. utuanensis [Ribbe]
• A. p. varus [Fruhstorfer]