Parantica clinias
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Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Parantica clinias faces significant pressure from habitat destruction across its Southeast Asian range, particularly through deforestation and agricultural conversion of lowland forests. The species' dependence on specific host plants in the Apocynaceae family makes it vulnerable to ecosystem fragmentation, while climate change threatens to alter the distribution of both the butterfly and its essential food sources. Collection pressure for the butterfly trade compounds these environmental stressors.
Habitat
Parantica clinias inhabits tropical lowland forests and forest edges across Southeast Asia, typically found in areas with abundant Apocynaceae host plants. The species occurs from sea level to moderate elevations, preferring partially shaded environments where its larval food plants thrive.
Other threatened species in NYMPHALIDAE
Threatened in Indonesia
Frequently asked questions
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