Graphium monticolus

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| status =

| genus = Graphium (butterfly)

| species = monticolus

| authority = (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

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Graphium monticolus, the Sulawesi blue triangle, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae that is found in Sulawesi in Indonesia.

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

  • {{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
  • Vane-Wright, R. I., & R. de. Jong. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandlingen 343: 1-267 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/46743 pdf] Illustrated on Plate 5.