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Graphium euphrates

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Graphium euphrates
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G. euphrates
Binomial name
Graphium euphrates
(C. and Rudolf Felder Felder, 1862)

Graphium euphrates is a butterfly found in the Philippines and Sulawesi that belongs to the Swallowtail family.

The larva feeds on Annona, Desmos and Uvaria

Subspecies

  • G. e. euphrates Philippines (Busuanga, Cuyo, Homonhon, Leyte, Luzon, Marinduque, Mindanao, Mindoro, Samar)
  • G. e. nisus Jordan N.Luzon
  • G. e. domaranus (Fruhstorfer, 1903) Philippines (Palawan, Dumaran, Balabac)
  • G. e. ornatus (Rothschild, 1895) Halmahera, Ternate, Bachan
  • G. e. boholensis Page, 1987 Philippines (Bohol)
  • G. e. buhisanus Page, 1987 Philippines (Cebu)
  • G. e. elegantia Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980 S.Sulawesi

References

  • Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf
  • 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