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Graphium alebion

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Graphium alebion
Graphium alebion and related species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. alebion
Binomial name
Graphium alebion
(Gray, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Papilio alebion Gray, [1853]
  • Papilio mariesi Butler, 1881

Graphium alebion is a butterfly found in China that belongs to the swallowtail family.

Description

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This insect is similar to Iphiclides podalirius, but the cell of the forewing is traversed by one more band, and the band situated on the cross-veins is not continued to the hind angle as in I. podalirius. On the hindwing the black portion of the anal ocellus is reduced to a minute line, while the yellow colour forms a large spot.

Subspecies

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  • G. a. alebion (Gray, 1853)
  • G. a. chungiyanus Murayama Taiwan

References

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  • 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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.