Graphium deucalion

Graphium deucalion
Male from North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G. deucalion
Binomial name
Graphium deucalion
(Boisduval, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Papilio deucalion Boisduval, 1836
  • Papilio leucadion Staudinger, 1884

Graphium deucalion, the yellow zebra, is a butterfly found in the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas that belongs to the swallowtail family. It is not known to be threatened.

Subspecies

  • G. d. deucalion (Sulawesi)
  • G. d. leucadion (Staudinger, 1884) (Ternate, Halmahera, Bachan)
  • G. d. marabuntana Detani, 1983 (Banggai)

References

  1. ↑ Muller, C. & Tennent, J. (2011). "Graphium deucalion". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T160662A5375042. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160662A5375042.en. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  • Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Tsukada, E. & Nishiyama, Y. 1982. Papilionidae. In: Tsukada, E. (ed): Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. Volume 1. Plapac Co., Tokyo


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