Graphium euphrates
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Graphium |
Species: | G. euphrates
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Binomial name | |
Graphium euphrates | |
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Graphium euphrates is a butterfly found in the Philippines and Sulawesi that belongs to the swallowtail family.
The larva feeds on Annona, Desmos and Uvaria species.
Subspecies
[edit]- G. e. euphrates (Philippines: Busuanga, Cuyo, Homonhon, Leyte, Luzon, Marinduque, Mindanao, Mindoro, Samar)
- G. e. nisus Jordan (northern Luzon)
- G. e. domaranus (Fruhstorfer, 1903) (Philippines: Palawan, Dumaran, Balabac)
- G. e. ornatus (Rothschild, 1895) (Halmahera, Ternate, Bachan)
- G. e. boholensis Page, 1987 (Philippines: Bohol)
- G. e. buhisanus Page, 1987 (Philippines: Cebu)
- G. e. elegantia Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980 (southern Sulawesi)
References
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- 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.
- Page & Treadaway, 2003 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part XVII (17), Papilionidae IX Papilionidae of the Philippine Islands. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-45-7