Graphium gelon

Graphium gelon
	Graphium gelon and related species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. gelon
Binomial name
	Graphium gelon; (Boisduval, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
	Papilio gelon Boisduval, 1859; Papilio megasthenes Mathew, 1889;

Graphium gelon is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae, that is found in New Caledonia (the Loyalty Islands such as Lifou).

References

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.
Müller, C.J. and Tennent, W.J 1999 A New Species of Graphium Scopoli (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea 1999 Records of the Australian Museum 51: (161-168) pdf Presents a key to the closely related Graphium kosii , Graphium weiskei (Ribbe), G.stresemanni (Rothschild), G. batjanensis Okano, G. macleayanum (Leach) and G. gelon (Boisduval) all of which are confined to the Australasian region.

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