Graphium encelades

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Papilioninae
Tribus: Leptocircini
Genus: Graphium
Subgenus: Graphium (Paranticopsis)
Species: Graphium encelades
Name

Graphium encelades (Boisduval, 1836).

Type locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi.

Holotype: tbc.
Synonymy

Papilio encelades Boisduval, 1836: 376; Hewitson, 1859: 8, pl. 4; Rothschild, 1895: 463.
Paranticopsis encelades (Boisduval); D'Abrera, 1982: 106.
Graphium (Paranticopsis) encelades (Boisduval); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003: 95.

References

Boisduval, J. B., 1836. In Roret, Suite à Buffon, Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères 1: xii+690pp., 24 pls. Paris. BHL text, plates. Reference page.
Hewitson, W.C. 1852–1877. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of Saunders & Hewitson. London, van Voorst. 5 volumes. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. Reference page.
Rothschild, L.W. 1895. A Revision of the Papilios of the Eastern hemisphere, exclusive of Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 2(3): 167–463, pls 8–10. BHL Text, plates. Reference page.
Vane-Wright, R.I. & de Jong, R. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343: 3–267, figs 1–14, pls 1–16. PDF Reference page.

Graphium encelades is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic species found only in Sulawesi.[2]

Status

Not uncommon and said not to be threatened.[3]
See also

List of butterflies of Sulawesi

References

Graphium at Funet
Tsukada, E. & Nishiyama, Y. 1982. Papilionidae. In: Tsukada, E. (ed): Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. Volume 1. Plapac Co., Tokyo
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.