Graphium euphrates

Graphium euphrates
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. euphrates
Binomial name
Graphium euphrates (C. and R. Felder, 1862)
Synonyms
Papilio euphrates C. & R. Felder, 1862 Papilio moorei Reakirt, [1865] Pathysa euphrates euphrates Graphium cuyoensis Medicielo & Hanafusa, 1994

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 (northern 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 (southern Sulawesi)

References

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• 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