Papilionidae

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Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Papilionidae
Graphium cyrnus (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium cyrnus (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium cyrnus (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium cyrnus is a Papilionidae butterfly found in Madagascar's subhumid forests with distinct patterned wings.

Graphium doson (Felder & Felder, 1864)

Graphium doson (Felder & Felder, 1864)

Graphium doson (Felder & Felder, 1864)

Graphium doson, the common jay, is a widespread tropical black swallowtail butterfly found across much of Southeast Asia.

Graphium agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758)

Graphium agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758)

Graphium agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758)

Graphium agamemnon, the tailed jay, is a butterfly widespread across South and East Asia to Australia, common in urban areas today.

Graphium cloanthus Westwood, 1841

Graphium cloanthus Westwood, 1841

Graphium cloanthus Westwood, 1841

This is a detailed morphological description of the butterfly species Graphium cloanthus Westwood, 1841.

Graphium evemon (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium evemon (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium evemon (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium evemon, common names blue jay, lesser jay, or pale green triangle, is a distinct tropical butterfly species found across South and Southeast Asia.

Graphium macleayanus (Leach, 1814)

Graphium macleayanus (Leach, 1814)

Graphium macleayanus (Leach, 1814)

Graphium macleayanus, or Macleay's swallowtail, is a widely distributed Australian swallowtail butterfly with distinct life stage and wing traits.

Graphium eurypylus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Graphium eurypylus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Graphium eurypylus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Graphium eurypylus is a butterfly species with distinct markings found in the Australasian and Indomalayan realms.

Graphium bathycles (Zincken, 1831)

Graphium bathycles (Zincken, 1831)

Graphium bathycles (Zincken, 1831)

Graphium bathycles, the veined jay, is a Papilionidae butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.

Graphium chironides (Honrath, 1884)

Graphium chironides (Honrath, 1884)

Graphium chironides (Honrath, 1884)

Graphium chironides is a butterfly species that closely resembles certain Graphium eurypylus races, with distinct wing marking differences.

Graphium arycles (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium arycles (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium arycles (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium arycles is a tailless butterfly smaller than Graphium agamemnon, with greenish wing patches that often fade after death.

Graphium weiskei (Ribbe, 1900)

Graphium weiskei (Ribbe, 1900)

Graphium weiskei (Ribbe, 1900)

The purple spotted swallowtail, Graphium weiskei, is a Papilionidae butterfly endemic to New Guinea's highlands.

Graphium milon (Felder & Felder, 1864)

Graphium milon (Felder & Felder, 1864)

Graphium milon (Felder & Felder, 1864)

Graphium milon (formerly Graphium anthedon) is a Papilionidae butterfly found in the Sunda Islands, Malay Archipelago.

Graphium macareus (Godart, 1819)

Graphium macareus (Godart, 1819)

Graphium macareus (Godart, 1819)

Graphium macareus is a butterfly species, with detailed description of its race indicus covering male and female morphologies.

Graphium xenocles (Doubleday, 1842)

Graphium xenocles (Doubleday, 1842)

Graphium xenocles (Doubleday, 1842)

Graphium xenocles is a butterfly species first described by Doubleday in 1842, with distinct male and female wing patterns.

Graphium ramaceus (Westwood, 1872)

Graphium ramaceus (Westwood, 1872)

Graphium ramaceus (Westwood, 1872)

Graphium ramaceus is a darkened butterfly form found in North and South Borneo with distinct sexual markings.

Graphium megarus (Westwood, 1841)

Graphium megarus (Westwood, 1841)

Graphium megarus (Westwood, 1841)

Graphium megarus is a butterfly species with distinct patterned black wings, differing slightly between males and females.

Graphium antiphates (Cramer, 1775)

Graphium antiphates (Cramer, 1775)

Graphium antiphates (Cramer, 1775)

Graphium antiphates is a butterfly species with variable white-bodied wing markings and several described races and varieties.

Graphium agetes (Westwood, 1841)

Graphium agetes (Westwood, 1841)

Graphium agetes (Westwood, 1841)

Graphium agetes is a butterfly species with characteristic black, white, and red wing markings, described in detail in taxonomic literature.

Graphium nomius (Esper, 1798)

Graphium nomius (Esper, 1798)

Graphium nomius (Esper, 1798)

Graphium nomius is a butterfly species found in South and Southeast Asia that uses Annonaceae trees as larval hosts.

Graphium aristeus (Stoll, 1780)

Graphium aristeus (Stoll, 1780)

Graphium aristeus (Stoll, 1780)

Graphium aristeus is a butterfly species from the Australasian and Indomalayan realms with distinct patterned wings.

Graphium androcles (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium androcles (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium androcles (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium androcles is a long-tailed swallowtail butterfly found in Sulawesi and the Sula Islands, Indonesia.

Graphium rhesus (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium rhesus (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium rhesus (Boisduval, 1836)

Graphium rhesus (Boisduval, 1836) is a swallowtail butterfly found in the Sunda Islands of the Malay Archipelago.

Graphium eurous (Leech, 1893)

Graphium eurous (Leech, 1893)

Graphium eurous (Leech, 1893)

Graphium eurous is a sixbar swordtail butterfly found across South and East Asia, with specific habitat preferences and host plants.

Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Iphiclides podalirius, the scarce swallowtail, is a large distinctive butterfly widespread across Europe and much of Asia.

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