Graphium wallacei

Graphium wallacei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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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