Graphium decolor

Graphium decolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. decolor
Binomial name
Graphium decolor (Staudinger, 1888)
Synonyms
Papilio antiphates var. decolorStaudinger, 1888 Papilio antiphates palawanicusEimer, 1889 Papilio antiphates euphrates ab. loc. atratusRothschild, 1895 Papilio antiphates f. tigrisSemper, 1892 Arisbe decolor rebeccaePage & Treadaway, 2003 Arisbe decolor jamesiPage & Treadaway, 2003

Graphium decolor is a butterfly found in the Philippines and Sabah, Malaysia, that belongs to the swallowtail family.

Subspecies

• G. d. decolor (Philippines: Balabac, Calamian, Palawan)
• G. d. atratus(Rothschild, 1895) (Philippines: Mindoro)
• G. d. neozebraicaPage, 1987 (Philippines: Bohol, Leyte, Luzon, Marinduque, Masbate, Negros, Panaon, Panay, Polillo, Samar, Siquijor, Ticao)
• G. d. sibuyanaPage, 1987 (Philippines: Sibuyan)
• G. d. tigris(Semper, 1892)
• G. d. rebeccae(Page & Treadaway, 2003) (Philippines: Camiguin de Luzon)
• G. d. jamesi(Page & Treadaway, 2003) (Philippines: Sibutu, Sanga Sanga)

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.
• Page M. G.P & Treadaway,C. G. 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

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