Graphium thule

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| genus = Graphium (butterfly)

| species = thule

| authority = (Wallace, 1865)[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/graphium/index.html funet]

| synonyms =

  • Papilio thule Wallace, 1865
  • Papilio thule leuthe Grose-Smith, 1894
  • Papilio goldiei Godman & Salvin, 1880
  • Papilio felixi Joicey & Noakes, 1915

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Graphium thule is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in New Guinea. The larva feeds on Aquifoliacene ilex.

Graphium thule is not common but not known to be threatened. It mimics the danaines Ideopsis juventa and Tirumala hamata. There is one subspecies felixi Joicey & Noakes, 1915 and three forms.{{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}}Hancock, D.L. (1979). Systematic notes on Graphium felixi (Joicey and Noakes) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) Australian Entomological Magazine 7: 11-12. It is an endemic species.

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Category:Butterflies of Oceania

Category:Lepidoptera of New Guinea

Category:Butterflies described in 1865

Category:Taxa named by Alfred Russel Wallace

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