Graphium leechi

Graphium leechi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. leechi
Binomial name
Graphium leechi
(Rothschild, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Papilio leechi Rothschild, 1895

Graphium leechi is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in China and Vietnam. Very little is known about this species. It is distinguished from Graphium bathycles chiefly by the strongly developed woolly scent-organ in the fold of the hindwing.[1]

Subspecies

  • G. l. leechi
  • G. l. yunnana C.L. Lee, 1985
  • G. l. aprilis (gen. vernalis) Bang-Haas, 1934

References

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