Graphium cloanthus (Westwood, 1841)
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 cloanthus
Species name(s)
Graphium (Idaides) cloanthus (Westwood, 1841) = Papilio cloanthus Westwood, 1841 = Zetides cloanthus = Graphium cloanthus cloanthus = Papilio cloanthus clymenoides Bang-Haas, 1934 = Papilio cloanthus cloanthulus Fruhstorfer, 1902. [9, 85, 187]
The Grassy Bluebottle.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Neotropic.
Detailed information with references
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 55-70 mm. UP black with a broad transparent discal greenish patch on both wings, FW green patch crossed by dark veins of 4, 5, 7 and 8, HW produced to a long narrow black tail (about 12.0 mm) and with a series of large submarginal greenish spots in spaces 3-6. [144].
Larva food plants / other food objects
Subspecies of Graphium cloanthus
- Graphium cloanthus cloanthus (Westwood, 1841). [85]
- G. c. clymenus (Leech, 1893). [85]
- G. c. kuge (Fruhstorfer,?). [85]
- G. c. sumatranum (Hagen, 1894). [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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