Graphium chironides
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Graphium chironides (Honrath, 1884)
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'Graphium chironides' is a butterfly found in Nepal , N. India, C.Burma, N.Laos, Vietman, Cambodia, S.China and Peninsular Malaysia that belongs to the Swallowtail family.
Subspecies
- G. c. chironides S.Yunnan, Assam, ...?
- G. c. clanis (Jordan, 1909)
- G. c. malayanum Eliot, 1982 Malaysia
Taxonomy
Synonym of Graphium chiron (Wallace, 1865). Formerly regarded as a subspecies of Graphium bathycles but raised to specific level by Saigusa et al.
References
- Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN ,1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf
- Saigusa,S.,Nakanishi, A., Shima,H. and Yata, O.(1977).Phylogeny and biogeography of the subgenus Graphium Scopoli. Acta Rhopalocera 1: 2-32.