Graphium alebion

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Graphium alebion
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Graphium alebion and related species
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. alebion
Binomial name
Graphium alebion
(Gray, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Papilio alebionGray, [1853]
  • Papilio mariesiButler, 1881

Graphium alebion is a butterfly found in China that belongs to the swallowtail family.

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Description

This insect is similar to Iphiclides podalirius , but the cell of the forewing is traversed by one more band, and the band situated on the cross-veins is not continued to the hind angle as in I. podalirius. On the hindwing the black portion of the anal ocellus is reduced to a minute line, while the yellow colour forms a large spot.

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