Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Baronia (Baronia brevicornis), recorded as Endangered
Baronia (Baronia brevicornis). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Baronia

Baronia brevicornis

The genus is named after Oscar Theodor Baron who collected the first specimen in the Sierra Madre region of Mexico.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Baronia brevicornis
Recorded from
Mexico
Taxonomy
Insecta · Lepidoptera · Papilionidae · Baronia

The moth or butterfly

The species was then described by Salvin.

Range and habitat

It is endemic to a very small area of Mexico, where the distribution is patchy and restricted.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

The adult is what most collections hold. The larva — the feeding stage — is often undescribed for the rarest names.

Life history follows the order: complete metamorphosis in moths and beetles, nymphs in grasshoppers and bugs. This page does not invent a host plant that no source named.

In crisis

Named moths and butterflies with a high threat category are often known from a small range and a thin series. Host-plant loss leaves little to recount.

Baronia is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Baronia, Wikidata item Q1768418. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Baronia?
It is endemic to a very small area of Mexico, where the distribution is patchy and restricted.
What is the conservation status of Baronia?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Baronia brevicornis. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Baronia live?
It is endemic to a very small area of Mexico, where the distribution is patchy and restricted.
Why is Baronia in crisis?
Named moths and butterflies with a high threat category are often known from a small range and a thin series. Host-plant loss leaves little to recount.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Baronia brevicornis?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Baronia a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.