Graphium wallacei

Species of butterfly

Graphium wallacei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. wallacei
Binomial name
Graphium wallacei
(Hewitson, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Papilio wallacei Hewitson, 1858
  • Papilio wallacei rubrosignatus Rothschild, 1895

Graphium wallacei is a butterfly found in New Guinea and the Moluccas that belongs to the swallowtail family.

Subspecies

  • G. w. wallacei (Aru Islands, western Irian, New Guinea)
  • G. w. rubrosignatus (Rothschild, 1895) (Halmahera, Bachan, Obi Islands)

Taxonomy

Graphium wallacei belongs to the wallacei species group. This clade has four members:

  • Graphium wallacei (Hewitson, 1858)
  • Graphium hicetaon (Mathew, 1886)
  • Graphium browni (Godman & Salvin, 1879)
  • Graphium sandawanum Yamamoto, 1977

References

  • Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Jordan, K., 1908–1910. Papilionidae, Papilio bis Armandia. in Seitz: Großschmetterlinge der Erde. Die Indo-Australische Tagfalter. IX:11-109,112; Pls.1-49. pdf

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Taxon identifiers
Graphium wallacei


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