Graphium macfarlanei

"Green triangle (butterfly)" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Graphium agamemnon.

Graphium macfarlanei, the green triangle butterfly or green triangle, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found along the northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia; as well as on the Moluccas, New Guinea, Admiralty Islands and New Britain.

Graphium macfarlanei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. macfarlanei
Binomial name
Graphium macfarlanei (Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
Papilio macfarlanei Butler, 1877 Zetides seminigra Butler, 1882 Papilio macfarlanii Rothschild, 1916 (misspelling)

The wingspan is about 70 mm.

The larvae feed on Desmos species (including Desmos chinensis), Annona muricata and Rollinia deliciosa.

Subspecies

Green triangle in Cairns, Queensland, Australia

• Graphium macfarlanei macfarlanei (Bachan, Ternate, Halmahera, Waigeu, Misool, Salawati, western Irian to Papua, north-eastern Australia)
• Graphium macfarlanei cestius (Fruhstorfer, 1903) (Buru, Ambon, Serang)
• Graphium macfarlanei seminigra (Butler, 1882) (New Britain, New Ireland)

External links

• Media related to Graphium macfarlanei at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Graphium macfarlanei at Wikispecies
• Australian Faunal Directory
• Australian Insects Archived 2010-09-12 at the Wayback Machine
• The Swallowtails (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Papilioninae) of Papua Indonesia