Graphium rhesus

Graphium rhesus
Museum specimen from Sulawesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. rhesus
Binomial name
Graphium rhesus (Boisduval, 1836)
Synonyms
Papilio rhesusBoisduval, 1836 Pathysa rhesus rhesus Papilio rhesus parvimaculaJoicey & Talbot, 1922

Graphium rhesus is a butterfly found in the Sunda Islands of the Malay Archipelago that belongs to the swallowtail family.

Subspecies

• G. r. rhesus (northern and eastern Sulawesi)
• G. r. rhesulusFruhstorfer, 1902 (southern Sulawesi, Banggai)
• G. r. rhaphiaJordan, 1908 (Tanahdjampea, Tukangbesi Islands)
• G. r. parvimacula(Joicey & Talbot, 1922) (Sula Islands)

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.
• FuNet

External links

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