Graphium ramaceus

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.

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)[1]
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]

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]