Graphium monticolus

Graphium monticolus

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G. monticolus
Binomial name
Graphium monticolus
(Fruhstorfer, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Papilio monticolus Fruhstorfer, 1896
  • Graphium sarpedon textrix Tsukada & Nishiyaa, 1980
  • Papilio sarpedon monticulus ab. longilinea Joicey & Talbot, 1922
  • Papilio sarpedon monticulus ab. longilineatus Toxopeus, 1950

Graphium monticolus, commonly known as the Sulawesi Blue Triangle, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae that is found in Sulawesi.

Taxonomy

Originally described as a subspecies of Papilio (Papilio sarpedon monticolus Fruhstorfer, 1896) later treated as a full species and placed in Graphium by most authorities (Graphium monticolus (Fruhstorfer, 1896). Ranked again as a subspecies of Graphium sarpedon (Graphium sarpedon monticolus Fruhstorfer, 1896) by Tsukada and Nishiyama, 1982.

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