''Graphium browni'' is a butterfly found in Oceania -

New Britain New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi the Dam ...

New Hanover Island New Hanover Island, (german: Neuhannover), also called Lavongai, is a large volcanic island in the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. This region is part of the Bismarck Archipelago and lies at . Measuring some , it had a population of 5, ...

and

St Matthias Islands The St Matthias Islands (also known as the Mussau islands) are a small archipelago group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, in northern Papua New Guinea. They are within New Ireland Province. Geography There are at least 10 islands. The larg ...

- that belongs to the swallowtail family.

Description

The discal band of the hindwing narrow and linear before the hind margin, the green costal patch on the under surface of the hindwing divided in the middle, with red spot before the costal vein, the part of the green patch placed in the cell is very small or entirely absent, two red spots between the apex of the cell and abdominal margin In the woods, where the butterflies fly round the tops of trees.Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, ''Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter'', 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln The larva feeds on ''

Annona ''Annona'' (from Taíno ''annon'') is a genus of flowering plants in the pawpaw/sugar apple family, Annonaceae. It is the second largest genus in the family after ''Guatteria'', containing approximately 166

mercuriana''.

Taxonomy

''Graphium browni'' belongs to the ''wallacei'' species group. This clade has four members: *''

Graphium wallacei ''Graphium wallacei'' is a butterfly found in New Guinea and the Moluccas that belongs to the swallowtail family. Subspecies *''G. w. wallacei'' ( Aru Islands, western Irian, New Guinea) *''G. w. rubrosignatus'' (Rothschild, 1895) (Halmaher ...

'' (Hewitson, 1858) *''

Graphium hicetaon ''Graphium hicetaon'' is a butterfly found in the Solomon Islands - Bougainville Island, Choiseul Island, Shortland Island, Florida Island, Guadalcanal, New Georgia Group and Ugi Island - that belongs to the swallowtail family. Taxonomy ''G ...

'' (Mathew, 1886) *''Graphium browni'' (Godman & Salvin, 1879) *''

Graphium sandawanum ''Graphium sandawanum'', the Apo swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Taxonomy ''Graphium hicetaon'' belongs to the ''wallacei'' species group. This clade has four members: *'' Gr ...

'' Yamamoto, 1977

References

*D'Abrera, B. (1971). ''Butterflies of the Australian Region''. Lansdowne Press, Melbourne.

External links

Globis.insects-online: images of ''Graphium browni''
browni Butterflies of Oceania Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea Lepidoptera of Papua New Guinea Fauna of New Britain New Ireland Province Butterflies described in 1879 Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman Taxa named by Osbert Salvin {{Papilionidae-stub