Baronia
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Baronia brevicornis, commonly known as the short-horned baronia, is a species of butterfly in the monotypic genus Baronia and is placed in a subfamily of its own, the Baroniinae, a sister group of the remainder of the swallowtail butterflies.[2] It is endemic to a very small area of Mexico, where the distribution is patchy and restricted.[3][4]
Baronia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Subfamily: | Baroniinae Bryk, 1913 |
Genus: | Baronia Salvin, 1893 |
Species: | B. brevicornis |
Binomial name | |
Baronia brevicornis Salvin, 1893 | |
The genus is named after Oscar Theodor Baron who collected the first specimen in the Sierra Madre region of Mexico.[5] The species was then described by Salvin.[6]
Morphological characteristics include an abdominal scent organ in females.[7][8]
Baronia is unique among swallowtail butterflies or their relatives in having an Acacia species, Vachellia campeachiana (synonym Acacia cochliacantha, family Leguminosae) as its larval food plant.[9][10]