Graphium encelades

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Graphium encelades
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Museum specimen (MHNT)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. encelades
Binomial name
Graphium encelades
(Boisduval, 1836) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio enceladesBoisduval, 1836

Graphium encelades is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic species found only in Sulawesi. [2]

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Status

Not uncommon and said not to be threatened. [3]

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References

  1. Graphium at Funet
  2. Tsukada, E. & Nishiyama, Y. 1982. Papilionidae. In: Tsukada, E. (ed): Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. Volume 1. Plapac Co., Tokyo
  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.