Graphium incerta
| Graphium incertus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Graphium |
| Species: | G. incertus |
| Binomial name | |
| Graphium incertus Bang-Haas, 1927 | |
Graphium incertus is a butterfly found in China that belongs to the Swallowtail family.
Taxonomy
Originally described as a subspecies of Graphium tamerlana and later treated as conspecific with tamerlana. Studies of the genitalia by Chou and Koiwaya suggested it is a full species.
References
- Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf
- Chou, I. (ed) 1994. Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium (Monograph of Chinese Butterflies) [in Chinese]. Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, [Zhengzhou]; 2 vols., viii, 855 pp.
- Koiwaya, S. 1993. Descriptions of Three New Genera, Eleven New Species and Seven new Subspecies of Butterflies from China. Studies of Chinese Butterflies, 2: 43-111.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to: Graphium incertus |
- Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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