Graphium phidias

Graphium phidias
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. phidias
Binomial name
	Graphium phidias; (Oberthür, 1906)
Synonyms
	Papilio phidias Oberthür, 1906; Graphium phidias akikoae Morita & Shinkai, 1996;

Graphium phidias is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Laos and Vietnam. Jordan describes it - P. phidias Oberth.Tailed. One of the most interesting butterfly discoveries of recent times, the species being a precursor of the tailless mimetic forms. Wings black with the following white marks: on the forewing five cell-bands placed almost perpendicularly to the hindmargin of the cell, below the cell a broad band divided into longitudinal patches by the black veins, which is continued costad from the 3rd radial by two rows of small spots; between this band and the distal margin a row of linear longitudinal spots, two in each marginal cell: hindwing from the base to the apex of the cell white, with black stripes as in Graphium eurous, distal part of the wing brown-black with small light submarginal spots, double yellow anal spot and before this some small yellow spots; tail narrow,about as long as the distance from the apex of the cell to the distal margin. — Annam. Three males in coll. Oberthur ^[2]

Status[edit]

It is recorded from only a small area and very little information is available about it.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Graphium at Funet
^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ 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.

External links[edit]

Indochina butterflies Images, data
External image

[1] Graphium at Funet

[2] Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] 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.

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