| Graphium alebion | |
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| Graphium alebion and related species | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Graphium |
| Species: | G. alebion |
| Binomial name | |
| Graphium alebion (Gray, 1853) | |
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Graphium alebion is a butterfly found in China that belongs to the swallowtail family.
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.
The scarce swallowtail is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. It is also called the sail swallowtail or pear-tree swallowtail.
Leptocircini is a tribe of swallowtail butterflies that includes the genera Eurytides, Graphium (swordtails), and Lamproptera (dragontails).
Graphium is a genus of mostly tropical swallowtail butterflies commonly known as swordtails, kite swallowtails, or ladies. Native to Eurasia, Africa, and Oceania, the genus is represented by over 100 species. Their colouration is as variable as the habitats they frequent; from rainforest to savannah. Some possess tails which may be long and swordlike, while others lack any hindwing extensions. Graphium species are often sighted at mud puddles.
Iphiclides is a genus of butterflies of the family Papilionidae (swallowtails).
Graphium epaminondas, the Andaman swordtail, is a beautiful butterfly found in India that belongs to the swallowtail family. It was earlier considered a subspecies of fivebar swordtail but has now been identified as a separate species.
Graphium agetes, the fourbar swordtail, is a widespread species of swallowtail butterfly found in tropical Asia. It is common and not threatened.
Graphium mandarinus, the spectacle swordtail, which is native to India, is a butterfly of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae). It belongs to subgenus Pazala of the swordtails, that is, genus Graphium.
Graphium arycles, the spotted jay, is a species of butterfly of the family Papilionidae found in the Indomalayan realm.
Graphium evemon, the blue jay, lesser jay, or pale green triangle is a species of tropical butterfly found in India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
Graphium stresemanni is a vulnerable species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Seram. It closely resembles the related Graphium weiskei, a more common species from New Guinea but has been treated as a distinct species. It is rare. The species was first described by Walter Rothschild in 1916.
Graphium weiskei, the purple spotted swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the swallowtail family; Papilionidae. It is found only in the highlands of New Guinea. These swallowtails live in elevations of 4,500 to 8,000 feet.
Graphium schubotzi is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in eastern Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its habitat consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.
Graphium fulleri is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Chad.
Graphium deucalion, the yellow zebra, is a butterfly found in the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas that belongs to the swallowtail family. It is not known to be threatened.
Graphium leechi is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in China and Vietnam. Very little is known about this species. It is distinguished from Graphium bathycles chiefly by the strongly developed woolly scent-organ in the fold of the hindwing.
Graphium hicetaon is a butterfly found in the Solomon Islands - Bougainville Island, Choiseul Island, Shortland Island, Florida Island, Guadalcanal, New Georgia Group and Ugi Island - that belongs to the swallowtail family.
Graphium wallacei is a butterfly found in New Guinea and the Moluccas that belongs to the swallowtail family.
Graphium tamerlana is a butterfly found in China that belongs to the swallowtail family.
Graphium ramaceus, the Pendlebury's zebra, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in parts of the Indomalayan realm.
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