Graphium hicetaon
{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
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| genus = Graphium (butterfly)
| species = hicetaon
| authority = (Mathew, 1886)
| synonyms =
- Papilio hicetaon Mathew, 1886
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Graphium hicetaon is a butterfly found in the Solomon Islands - Bougainville Island, Choiseul Island, Shortland Island, Florida Island, Guadalcanal, New Georgia Group and Ugi Island - that belongs to the swallowtail family.
Description
The discal band of the forewing broader than in browni, but narrower than in wallacei; upper surface of the hindwing entirely or almost entirely without costal spot, beneath the red costal streak reaches to the cell, distally to this streak there is either no green spot or only a very small one, on the other hand at its proximal side there is invariably a large green double spot, which always only extends to the cell.
Taxonomy
Graphium hicetaon belongs to the wallacei species group. This clade has four members:
- Graphium wallacei (Hewitson, 1858)
- Graphium hicetaon (Mathew, 1886)
- Graphium browni (Godman & Salvin, 1879)
- Graphium sandawanum Yamamoto, 1977
The holotype is in the Natural History Museum, London.
References
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- {{cite book |last1=Collins |first1=N. Mark |last2=Morris |first2=Michael G. |title=Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98674#page/7/mode/1up |year=1985 |publisher=IUCN |location=Gland & Cambridge |isbn=978-2-88032-603-6 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}
- Tsukada, E. & Nishiyama, Y. 1982. Papilionidae. In: Tsukada, E. (ed): Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. Volume 1. Plapac Co., Tokyo
External links
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{{Wikispecies|Graphium hicetaon}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131003030618/http://www.globis.insects-online.de/species External images of holotype]
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Category:Butterflies of Oceania
Category:Endemic fauna of the Solomon Islands
Category:Insects of the Solomon Islands
Category:Lepidoptera of Papua New Guinea
Category:Butterflies described in 1886
Category:Taxa named by Gervase Frederick Mathew
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