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.

Subspecies

• Graphium monticolus monticolus
• Graphium monticolus textrix Tsukada & Nishiyaa, 1980

References

• Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book (1985) IUCN pdf
• Tsukada, E. & Nishiyama, Y. 1982. Papilionidae. In: Tsukada, E. (ed): Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. Volume 1. Plapac Co., Tokyo
• Vane-Wright, R. I., & R. de. Jong. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandlingen 343: 1-267 pdf Illustrated on Plate 5.