Graphium wallacei

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Graphium wallacei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. wallacei
Binomial name
Graphium wallacei
(Hewitson, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Papilio wallaceiHewitson, 1858
  • Papilio wallacei rubrosignatusRothschild, 1895

Graphium wallacei is a butterfly found in New Guinea and the Moluccas that belongs to the swallowtail family.

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Taxonomy

Graphium wallacei belongs to the wallacei species group. This clade has four members:

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