Graphium ramaceus

Graphium ramaceus, the Pendlebury's zebra, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in parts of the Indomalayan realm.

Graphium ramaceus
Westwood's plate depicting Graphium ramaceus, figure 3
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Graphium
Species:
G. ramaceus
Binomial name
Graphium ramaceus
(Westwood, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio ramaceus Westwood, 1872
  • Papilio schoenbergianus Honrath, 1888
  • Papilio schönbergianus Honrath, 1888
  • Paranticopsis ramaceus ramaceus
  • Papilio ramaceus pendleburyi Corbet, 1941
  • Papilio leucothoe Westwood, 1844
  • Papilio leucothoë Westwood, 1844
  • Papilio dealbatus Pendlebury, 1939
  • Papilio leucothoë var. interjectus Honrath, [1893]

Subspecies
  • G. r. ramaceus (Borneo)
  • G. r. pendleburyi (Corbet, 1941) (Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi Island)
  • G. r. interjectus (Honrath, 1893) (Sumatra)

Status

Graphium ramaceus is uncommon, but not rare and not thought to be threatened.[2]

References
  1. Graphium at Funet
  2. 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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