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Graphium megarus (Westwood, 1844)

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 megarus

Species name(s)

Graphium (Paranticopsis) megarus (Westwood, 1844) = Papilio megarus Westwood, 1844 = Paranticopsis megarus = Papilio similis Lathy, 1899 = Papilio megarus sagittiger Fruhstorfer, 1901 = Papilio megarus fleximacula Rothschild, 1895 = Papilio megarus tistaensis Bang-Haas, 1937 = Paranticopsis megarus tiomanensis Eliot 1978 = Papilio megarus martinus Fruhstorfer, 1902 = Papilio megarus mendicus Fruhstorfer, 1902 = Papilio megarus megapenthes Fruhstorfer, 1902. [9, 85, 187]

The Spotted Zebra.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Indo-Malayan.

Detailed information with references

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Graphium megarus megapenthes(Fruhstorfer, 1902): wingspan 55-70 mm. UpH bears two rows of rounded submarginal greenish-white spots. [144].

Subspecies of Graphium megarus

Graphium megarus fleximacula (Rothschild, 1895). [85]
G. m. marthae Toxopeus, 1938. [85]
G. m. megapenthes (Fruhstorfer, 1902). [85]
G. m. megarus (Westwood, 1844). [85]
G. m. sagittiger Fruhstorfer, 1901. [85]
G. m. senteinus Kalis, 1941. [85]
G. m. tiomanensis (Eliot, 1978). [85]
G. m. tistaensis Bang-Haas, 1937. [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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