Graphium aristeus Stoll, 1780
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Papilionidae → subfamily Papilioninae → tribe Leptocircini → genus Graphium → subgenus Pathysa → species Graphium aristeus
Species name(s)
Graphium (Pathysa) aristeus Stoll, 1780 = Papilio aristeus Stoll, [1780] = Papilio pherecrates C. & R. Felder, [1865] = Papilio timocrates C. & R. Felder, 1865 = Papilio aristeus parmatinus Fruhstorfer, 1909 = Pathysa aristeus = Pathysa aristea = Arisbe (Pathysa) aristeus = Papilio parmatus Gray, [1853 = Papilio anticrates Doubleday, 1846 = Papilio aristeoides Eimer, 1889 = Pathysa aristea hainanensis Chou & Gu 1994 = Papilio aristeus aristinus Fruhstorfer, 1902 = Papilio aristeus pedo Fruhstorfer, 1907 = Papilio anticrates nigricans Eimer, 1889 = Papilio aristeus nigricans Eimer, 1889 = Papilio aristeus parmatinus Fruhstorfer, 1907. [9, 85, 187]
Chain Swordtail, The Stripe Swordtail.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Indo-Malayan.
Primary colors
Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.
Detailed information with references
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Graphium aristeus hermocrates (C. & R. Felder, 1865): wingspan 50-60 mm. Similar to G. nomius but UpF with a straight row of submarginal white spots and all are in line, HW narrower and less crenulated at the end of veins 5-7, white discal band on both wings is narrow. [144].
Subspecies of Graphium aristeus
- Graphium aristeus anticrates (Doubleday, 1846). [85]
- G. a. aristeus (Stoll, [1780]). [85]
- G. a. bifax (Rothschild, 1898). [9]
- G. a. erebos Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1989. [85]
- G. a. hainanensis (Chou & Gu, 1994). [85]
- G. a. hermocrates (C. & R. Felder, 1865). [85]
- G. a. palasarinus Kalis, 1941. [85]
- G. a. parmatus (Gray, [1853]). [85]
- G. a. paron (Godman & Salvin, 1879). [85]
- G. a. timocrates Felder, 1855. [85]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Alex Dumchus. Text data: Svetlana Shchavelina.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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