Graphium alebion

Graphium alebion is a butterfly found in China that belongs to the swallowtail family.

Graphium alebion
Graphium alebion and related species
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G. alebion
Binomial name
Graphium alebion
(Gray, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Papilio alebion Gray, [1853]
  • Papilio mariesi Butler, 1881

Description

This insect is similar to Iphiclides podalirius, but the cell of the forewing is traversed by one more band, and the band situated on the cross-veins is not continued to the hind angle as in I. podalirius. On the hindwing the black portion of the anal ocellus is reduced to a minute line, while the yellow colour forms a large spot.

Subspecies

  • G. a. alebion (Gray, 1853)
  • G. a. chungiyanus Murayama Taiwan

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.
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