Graphium weiskei
| Purple Spotted Swallowtail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Graphium |
| Species: | G. weiskei |
| Binomial name | |
| Graphium weiskei Ribbe, 1900 | |
The Purple Spotted Swallowtail (Graphium weiskei), which is found only in the highlands of New Guinea, is a butterfly of the swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. It resembles the related Graphium stresemanni. These swallowtails live in elevations of 4,500 to 8,000 feet (1,400 to 2,400 m).
The name honours the collector Emil Weiske.
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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
- Müller, C.J. and Tennent, W.J 1999 A New Species of Graphium Scopoli (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea 1999 Records of the Australian Museum 51: (161-168) pdf Presents a key to the closely related Graphium kosii, Graphium weiskei (Ribbe), G.stresemanni (Rothschild), G. batjanensis Okano, G. macleayanum (Leach) and G. gelon (Boisduval) all of which are confined to the Australasian region.