Graphium leechi

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| image = Graphium leechi.jpg

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| genus = Graphium (butterfly)

| species = leechi

| authority = (Rothschild, 1895)

| synonyms = *Papilio leechi Rothschild, 1895

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Graphium leechi is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in China and Vietnam. Very little is known about this species. It is distinguished from Graphium bathycles chiefly by the strongly developed woolly scent-organ in the fold of the hindwing.Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln {{PD-notice}}

Subspecies

  • G. l. leechi
  • G. l. yunnana C.L. Lee, 1985
  • G. l. aprilis (gen. vernalis) Bang-Haas, 1934

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}}