Graphium weiskei

Purple Spotted Swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G. weiskei
Binomial name
Graphium weiskei
Ribbe, 1900

The purple spotted swallowtail (Graphium weiskei), which is found only in the highlands of New Guinea, is a butterfly of the swallowtail family, Papilionidae. It resembles the related Graphium stresemanni. These swallowtails live in elevations of 4,500 to 8,000 feet (1,400 to 2,400 m).

The name honours the collector Emil Weiske.

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