Graphium agetes (Westwood, 1843)
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 agetes
Species name(s)
Graphium (Pathysa) agetes (Westwood, 1843) = Papilio agetes Westwood, 1843 = Pathysa agetes = Graphium agetes agetes = Pathysa agetes chinensis Chou & Li 1994 = Papilio agetes kinabalensis Tetens & Fruhstorfer, 1902 = Papilio agetes tenuilineatus Fruhstorfer, 1901 = Papilio agetes iponus Fruhstorfer, 1902 = Papilio agetes insularis Staudinger, 1895. [9, 85, 187]
Fourbar Swordtail.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 1.
Zoogeographical regions
Indo-Malayan.
Detailed information with references
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 45-60 mm. The following four swordtail butterflies, HW bears untwisted sword-shaped tail at least 14 mm long and a distinctive pattern of transverse black bars or bands on a white background. This species, FW has four black bars, the postdiscal bar met the black border at vein 3 or between 2 and 3. [144].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Cryptolepis buchanani [144].
Subspecies of Graphium agetes
- Graphium agetes agetes (Westwood, 1843). [85]
- G. a. chinensis (Chou & Li, 1994). [85]
- G. a. insularis (Staudinger, 1895). [85]
- G. a. iponus Fruhstorfer,1902. [85]
- G. a. kinabalensis (Tetens & Fruhstorfer, 1902). [9]
- G. a. kinabaluensis Fruhstorfer, 1902. [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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