Graphium rhesus

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Graphium rhesus

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Subgenus: Pathysa
Species: G. rhesus
Binomial name
Graphium rhesus
(Boisduval,1836)
Synonyms
  • Papilio rhesus Boisduval, 1836
  • Pathysa rhesus rhesus
  • Papilio rhesus parvimacula Joicey & Talbot, 1922

Graphium rhesus is a butterfly found in the Sunda Islands that belongs to the Swallowtail family.

Subspecies

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

References

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


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