Graphium decolor is a butterfly found in the Philippines and Sabah, Malaysia, that belongs to the swallowtail family.

Graphium decolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. decolor
Binomial name
Graphium decolor
(Staudinger, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Papilio antiphates var. decolor Staudinger, 1888
  • Papilio antiphates palawanicus Eimer, 1889
  • Papilio antiphates euphrates ab. loc. atratus Rothschild, 1895
  • Papilio antiphates f. tigris Semper, 1892
  • Arisbe decolor rebeccae Page & Treadaway, 2003
  • Arisbe decolor jamesi Page & Treadaway, 2003

Subspecies edit

  • G. d. decolor (Philippines: Balabac, Calamian, Palawan)
  • G. d. atratus (Rothschild, 1895) (Philippines: Mindoro)
  • G. d. neozebraica Page, 1987 (Philippines: Bohol, Leyte, Luzon, Marinduque, Masbate, Negros, Panaon, Panay, Polillo, Samar, Siquijor, Ticao)
  • G. d. sibuyana Page, 1987 (Philippines: Sibuyan)
  • G. d. tigris (Semper, 1892)
  • G. d. rebeccae (Page & Treadaway, 2003) (Philippines: Camiguin de Luzon)
  • G. d. jamesi (Page & Treadaway, 2003) (Philippines: Sibutu, Sanga Sanga)

References edit

  • 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.
  • Page M. G.P & Treadaway,C. G. 2003 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part XVII (17), Papilionidae IX Papilionidae of the Philippine Islands. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-45-7

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