Graphium euphratoides

Graphium euphratoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. euphratoides
Binomial name
Graphium euphratoides (Eimer, 1889)
Synonyms
Papilio euphratoidesEimer, 1889

Graphium euphratoides is a butterfly found in Mindanao in the Philippines that belongs to the swallowtail family.

Taxonomy

Originally described as Papilio antiphates Cram. Form euphratoides Eimer, 1889 this taxon has been treated as

• a synonym (aberration) of Graphium antiphates decolorStaudinger, 1888
• a subspecies of Graphium euphrates Felder, 1862
• a subspecies of Graphium decolor Staudinger, 1888
• a species of Graphium

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 & Treadaway, 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