Graphium ramaceus

Graphium ramaceus
	Westwood's plate depicting Graphium ramaceus, figure 3
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. ramaceus
Binomial name
	Graphium ramaceus; (Westwood, 1872)
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];

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.

Subspecies

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

Description

ramaceus Westw. (47 b). A much darkened form. Male: the discal stripes of the forewing are suppressed, at most there are traces of two spots before the hindmargin. The discal stripes of the hindwing are short and always much narrower than in the preceding forms, usually much narrower than the interspaces. Female without discal spot on either wing; the submarginal spots small, partly suppressed, beneath somewhat larger and here there are also faint discal stripes before the abdominal margin of the hindwing. North and South Borneo Karl Jordan in Seitz (page 105) provides a description differentiating ramaceus as leucothoe from nearby taxa and discussing some forms. ^[2]

Status

Graphium ramaceus is uncommon, but not rare and not thought to be threatened.^[3]

References

^ Graphium at Funet
^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ 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.

External links

Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

[1] Graphium at Funet

[2] Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] 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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