Graphium ramaceus

Graphium ramaceus

Westwood's plate depicting Graphium ramaceus, figure 3
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. ramaceus
Binomial name
*Graphium ramaceus* (Westwood, 1872)^[1]
Synonyms
Papilio ramaceus Westwood, 1872 Papilio schoenbergianus Honrath, 1888 Papilio schönbergianus Honrath, 1888 Paranticopsis ramaceus ramaceus Papilio ramaceus pendleburyi Corbet, 1941 Papilio leucothoe Westwood, 1844 Papilio leucothoë Westwood, 1844 Papilio dealbatus Pendlebury, 1939 Papilio leucothoë var. interjectus Honrath, [1893]

Graphium ramaceus, the Pendlebury's zebra, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in parts of the Indomalaya ecozone.

Subspecies

G. r. ramaceus (Borneo)
G. r. pendleburyi (Corbet, 1941) (Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi Island)
G. r. interjectus (Honrath, 1893) (Sumatra)

Status

Graphium ramaceus is uncommon, but not rare and not thought to be threatened.^[2]

References

↑ Graphium at Funet
↑ Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6.

External links

Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

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