Graphium thule

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Graphium thule
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Wallace's figure (1) of Graphium thule
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. thule
Binomial name
Graphium thule
(Wallace, 1865) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio thuleWallace, 1865
  • Papilio thule leutheGrose-Smith, 1894
  • Papilio goldieiGodman & Salvin, 1880
  • Papilio felixiJoicey & Noakes, 1915

Graphium thule is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in New Guinea. The larva feeds on Aquifoliacene ilex .

Graphium thule is not common but not known to be threatened. It mimics the danaines Ideopsis juventa and Tirumala hamata . There is one subspecies felixi Joicey & Noakes, 1915 and three forms. [2] [3] It is an endemic species.

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References

  1. ↑ funet
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Hancock, D.L. (1979). Systematic notes on Graphium felixi (Joicey and Noakes) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) Australian Entomological Magazine 7: 11-12.


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