Atrophaneura varuna — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Papilionidae/Atrophaneura

At a glance

Occurrence records85

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Atrophaneura varuna's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility85 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF85 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Atrophaneura varuna, the common batwing, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the swallowtail family, and more specifically, the batwings group of Atrophaneura, comprising tailless black swallowtail butterflies.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Atrophaneura varuna has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type85 records

Wild obs. + sensor16

Museum / vouchered69

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO180 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km

≤1 km 11≤10 km 1

12 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor16

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy2% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 21>10 km 41

63 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence69

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions8 of 13 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	15
ZRClocation not on record	10
Helsinki, FI	6
Auckland, NZ	6
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record	4
Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record	3
New Haven, US	1
Tartu, EE	1
Denver, US	1
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record	1
Zürich, CH	1
Washington, US	1
MZLUlocation not on record	1

13 institutions · 51 of 69 vouchered records shown · 18 without an institution code