Graphium decolor

Graphium decolor is a butterfly found in the Philippines and Sabah, Malaysia, that belongs to the swallowtail family.

Graphium decolor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. decolor
Binomial name
Graphium decolor (Staudinger, 1888)
Synonyms
Papilio antiphates var. decolor Staudinger, 1888 Papilio antiphates palawanicus Eimer, 1889 Papilio antiphates euphrates ab. loc. atratus Rothschild, 1895 Papilio antiphates f. tigris Semper, 1892 Arisbe decolor rebeccae Page & Treadaway, 2003 Arisbe decolor jamesi Page & Treadaway, 2003

Subspecies

• G. d. decolor (Philippines: Balabac, Calamian, Palawan)
• G. d. atratus (Rothschild, 1895) (Philippines: Mindoro)
• G. d. neozebraica Page, 1987 (Philippines: Bohol, Leyte, Luzon, Marinduque, Masbate, Negros, Panaon, Panay, Polillo, Samar, Siquijor, Ticao)
• G. d. sibuyana Page, 1987 (Philippines: Sibuyan)
• G. d. tigris (Semper, 1892)
• G. d. rebeccae (Page & Treadaway, 2003) (Philippines: Camiguin de Luzon)
• G. d. jamesi (Page & Treadaway, 2003) (Philippines: Sibutu, Sanga Sanga)

References

• 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.
• Page M. G.P & Treadaway,C. G. 2003 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part XVII (17), Papilionidae IX Papilionidae of the Philippine Islands. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-45-7

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