Graphium weiskei
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| Purple spotted swallowtail | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Graphium |
| Species: | G. weiskei
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| Binomial name | |
| Graphium weiskei (Ribbe, 1900)
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Graphium weiskei, the purple spotted swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the swallowtail family; Papilionidae. It is found only in the highlands of New Guinea. 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.
See also
[edit | edit source]- Graphium stresemanni – visually similar species
References
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- Müller, C.J. and Tennent, W.J 1999 A New Species of Graphium Scopoli (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea 1999 Records of the Australian Museum 51: (161-168) pdf Presents a key to the closely related Graphium kosii, Graphium weiskei (Ribbe), G.stresemanni (Rothschild), G. batjanensis Okano, G. macleayanum (Leach) and G. gelon (Boisduval) all of which are confined to the Australasian region.
External links
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- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Graphium weiskei at Wikispecies
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