Graphium rhesus

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| image=GraphiumRhesusMUpUnAC1.jpg

| image_caption = Museum specimen from Sulawesi

| status =

| genus = Graphium (butterfly)

| species = rhesus

| authority = (Boisduval, 1836)

| synonyms =

  • Papilio rhesus Boisduval, 1836
  • Pathysa rhesus rhesus
  • Papilio rhesus parvimacula Joicey & Talbot, 1922

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Graphium rhesus is a butterfly found in the Sunda Islands of the Malay Archipelago that belongs to the swallowtail family.

Subspecies

  • G. r. rhesus (northern and eastern Sulawesi)
  • G. r. rhesulus Fruhstorfer, 1902 (southern Sulawesi, Banggai)
  • G. r. rhaphia Jordan, 1908 (Tanahdjampea, Tukangbesi Islands)
  • G. r. parvimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1922) (Sula Islands)

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}}
  • [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/graphium/index.html FuNet]