Graphium xenocles (Doubleday, 1842)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Papilionidae → subfamily Papilioninae → tribe Leptocircini → genus Graphium → subgenus Paranticopsis → species Graphium xenocles
Species name(s)
Graphium (Paranticopsis) xenocles (Doubleday, 1842) = Papilio xenocles Doubleday, 1842 = Paranticopsis xenocles = Papilio xenocles lunatus Niepelt, 1927 = Papilio xenocles xenoclides Fruhstorfer, 1902 = Papilio xenocles neronus Fruhstorfer, 1902 = Papilio xenocles lindos Fruhstorfer, 1902 = Papilio xenocles kephisos Fruhstorfer, 1902. [9, 85, 187]
The Great Zebra.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Indo-Malayan.
Detailed information with references
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 80-90 mm. It is similar to the last species but with broader white stripes, UnH with a prominent yallo-orange tornal spot. Subsp. lindos bears Wider stripes and reduction of yellow-orange tornal spot than that in kephisos. [144].
Subspecies of Graphium xenocles
- Graphium xenocles kephisos (Fruhstorfer, 1902). [85]
- G. x. lindos (Fruhstorfer, 1902). [85]
- G. x. xenocles (Doubleday, 1842). [85]
- G. x. xenoclides 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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Graphium xenocles photos
Other species Graphium