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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Graphium |
Species: | G. macfarlanei
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Binomial name | |
Graphium macfarlanei (Butler, 1877)
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Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is about 70 mm.
The larvae feed on Desmos species (including Desmos chinensis), Annona muricata and Rollinia deliciosa.
Subspecies
edit- 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
edit- 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