Graphium delessertii

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| image = Graphium delessertii Female.jpg

| image_caption = Female

| image2 = Graphium_delessertiMale.jpg

| image2_caption = Male

| genus = Graphium (butterfly)

| species = delessertii

| authority = (Guérin-Méneville, 1839)[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/graphium/index.html Graphium at funet]

| synonyms =

  • Papilio delessertii Guérin-Méneville, 1839
  • Paranticopsis delessertii
  • Arisbe delesserti
  • Papilio catoris Grose-Smith, 1892
  • Papilio labienus Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Papilio sacerdotalis Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Papilio delessertii ab. albinistica Bryk, 1930
  • Papilio laodocus de Haan, 1840
  • Papilio melanides Erichson, 1843
  • Papilio dehaani Wallace, 1865

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Graphium delessertii, the Malayan zebra, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Southeast Asia. The rare female resembles Ideopsis gaura. Despite the rarity of females Graphium delessertii is a common species, although threatened by deforestation in Java.

File:Graphium delessertii dan Graphium sarpedon luctatius.jpg|Graphium delessertii with Graphium sarpedon

Subspecies

  • Graphium delessertii delessertii (Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Bangka, Natuna, Borneo)
  • Graphium delessertii hyalinus (Fruhstorfer, 1901) (Nias)
  • Graphium delessertii palawanus (Staudinger, 1889) (Philippines: Palawan, Balabac)

References

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{{Reflist}}

  • Page, M.G.P & Treadaway, C.G. 2003 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part XVII (17), Papilionidae IX Papilionidae of the Philippine Islands. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. {{ISBN|978-3-931374-45-7}}

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delessertii

Category:Butterflies of Borneo

Category:Butterflies of Java

Category:Butterflies of Indochina

Category:Butterflies described in 1839

Category:Butterflies of Malaysia

Category:Lepidoptera of the Philippines

Category:Fauna of Sumatra

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