Graphium hicetaon
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| Family: | Papilionidae
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| Species: | G. hicetaon
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| Graphium 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.
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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- Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. 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
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- Graphium (butterfly)
- Butterflies of Oceania
- Endemic fauna of the Solomon Islands
- Insects of the Solomon Islands
- Lepidoptera of Papua New Guinea
- Butterflies described in 1886
- Papilionidae stubs