Graphium eurypylus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Papilionidae → subfamily Papilioninae → tribe Leptocircini → genus Graphium → subgenus Idaides → species Graphium eurypylus
Species name(s)
Graphium (Idaides) eurypylus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Papilio eurypylus Linnaeus, 1758 = Chlorisses harrietta Swainson, 1851 = Semicaudati kochianus Koch, 1860 = Papilio eurypylus georgius Fruhstorfer, 1907 = Papilio eurypylus priscus Fruhstorfer, 1907 = Papilio eurypylus gabinus Fruhstorfer, 1909 = eurypilus = Arisbe (Eurypleana) eurypylus = Graphium (Graphium) eurypylus = Papilio arctofasciatus Lathy , 1899 = Papilio eurypylus aloricus Fruhstorfer, 1909 = Papilio eurypylus lycaonides Rothschild, 1895 = Papilio eurypilus talboti Niepelt, 1921 = Papilio eurypilus praetorianus Niepelt, 1921 = Papilio eurypylus melampus Rothschild, 1896 = Papilio eurypylus rubroplaga Rothschild, 1895 = Papilio eurypylus extensus Rothschild, 1895 = Papilio eurypylus gabinus Fruhstorfer, 1909 = Papilio eurypylus juba Fruhstorfer, 1908 = Papilio eurypylus daton Fruhstorfer, 1908 = Papilio eurypilus insularis Rothschild, 1896 = Papilio eurypylus lutorius Fruhstorfer, 1907 = Papilio eurypylus georgius Fruhstorfer, 1907 = Papilio eurypylus priscus Fruhstorfer, 1907 = Papilio eurypilus sulanus Fruhstorfer, 1901 = Papilio sallastius Staudinger, 1895. [9, 85, 187]
The Great Jay.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Nearctic.
Detailed information with references
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 55-65 mm. Similar toG. evemonin having dark costal bar conjoined with black basal band and with a red central spot. Subsp. mecisteusis smaller and with narrower greenish markings than those incheronus/ [144].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Michelia champaca, Melodorum siamensis [144].
Subspecies of Graphium eurypylus
- Graphium eurypylus aloricus ,Fruhstorfer. [85]
- G. e. arctofasciatus Lathy, 1899. [9]
- G. e. artofasciatus. [85]
- G. e. cheronus (Jordan, 1909). [85]
- G. e. crispus Fruhstorfer, 1902. [85]
- G. e. eurypylus (Linnaeus, 1758). [85]
- G. e. eutorius ?,?. [85]
- G. e. extensus (Rothschild, 1895). [85]
- G. e. fumikoe Detani, 1983. [9]
- G. e. gordion (C. & R. Felder, 1865). [85]
- G. e. insularis Rothschild,?. [85]
- G. e. insularius (Rothschild, 1896). [9]
- G. e. isaribi. [85]
- G. e. lepidus ,Fruhstorfer. [85]
- G. e. lutorius (Fruhstorfer, 1907). [9]
- G. e. lycaon (C. & R. Felder, 1865). [85]
- G. e. lycaonides (Rothschild, 1895). [85]
- G. e. macronius Jordan,?. [85]
- G. e. mecisteus (Distant, 1885). [85]
- G. e. melampus Rothschild,?. [85]
- G. e. nyctimus (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914). [85]
- G. e. pamphylus (C. & R. Felder, 1864). [85]
- G. e. sallastinus (Fruhstorfer, 1902). [85]
- G. e. sallastius (Staudinger, 1895). [85]
- G. e. sangira (Oberthür, 1879). [85]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Dmitriy Pozhogin. 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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