Swallowtail Butterflies: An Action Plan for Their ConservationThis is the first insect Action Plan prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission, and was chosen because swallowtail butterflies are perhaps the most charismatic to non-entomologists. Some are the largest butterflies which exist, and the "birdwings" in particular have long excited wonder and comment among naturalists of all persuasions. Out of a total of 573 species, 170 are considered to need conservation action. This Action Plan exemplifies the wide-ranging conservation needs of swallowtails by selecting a geographically broad suite of faunas and individual taxa for priority conservation action. Endangering processes are accelerating alarmingly in most of the regions listed for attention. The plan covers 34 regions throughout the world, considering within each region the conservation status of particular species, action needed, and how projects could be undertaken, together with an indication of costs involved. |
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Action needed Action Plan African Aim Conservation Andaman Apollo assessment Atrophaneura Background Baronia Bhutan biology Brazil butterfly conservation captive breeding China Collins & Morris commercial Comoro conservation needs conservation planning Corsican Swallowtail countries critical faunas distribution ecological Ecuador Endangered endemic species endemic swallowtails Eurytides extinction Fluminense Swallowtail forest French Guiana funding Graphium Indeterminate Indonesia Initial cost Insufficiently Known investigation Islands IUCN Kaiser-I-Hind larval foodplant legally in India Lepidoptera Lepidoptera Specialist Group lepidopterists listed Luehdorfia Luzon Madagascar Malaysia maraho monitoring montane Myanmar N.M. Collins National Park Ornithoptera Papilio Papilio homerus Papilionidae Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Photo poorly known populations Procedure Project Priority protected areas Protected legally Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Red Data Book regions reserves Soviet Red Data Soviet Union specimens status subspecies survey swallowtail butterflies swallowtail conservation swallowtail fauna swallowtail species Taita Hills Taiwan taxa Teinopalpus threat threatened species Threatened Swallowtail trade Troides urgent Vulnerable Zaire zetides