''Graphium hicetaon'' is a butterfly found in the
Solomon Islands -
Bougainville Island
Bougainville Island (Tok Pisin: ''Bogenvil'') is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. It was previously the main landmass in the German Empire-associated North Solomons. Its land area is ...
,
Choiseul Island,
Shortland Island,
Florida Island
The Nggela Islands, also known as the Florida Islands, are a small island group in the Central Province of Solomon Islands, a sovereign state (since 1978) in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
The chain is composed of four larger islands and about ...
,
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal (; indigenous name: ''Isatabu'') is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia. It is the largest island in the Solomon Islands by area, and the seco ...
,
New Georgia Group
The New Georgia Islands are part of the Western Province of Solomon Islands. They are located to the northwest of Guadalcanal. The larger islands are mountainous and covered in rain forest. The main islands are New Georgia, Vella Lavella, Kolom ...
and
Ugi Island - that belongs to the
swallowtail family.
Taxonomy
''Graphium hicetaon'' 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''
(Mathew, 1886)
*''
Graphium browni
''Graphium browni'' is a butterfly found in Oceania - New Britain, Duke of York Islands, New Hanover Island and St Matthias Islands - that belongs to the Swallowtail butterfly, swallowtail family.
Description
The discal band of the hindwing narr ...
''
(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
The
holotype is in the
Natural History Museum, London.
References
*
*Tsukada, E. & Nishiyama, Y. 1982. Papilionidae. In: Tsukada, E. (ed): ''Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands''. Volume 1. Plapac Co., Tokyo
External links
External images of holotype
hicetaon In Greek mythology, Hicetaon ( grc, Ἱκετάονα or ) may refer to:
*Hicetaon, a Trojan prince as the son of King Laomedon of Troy, thus a brother of King Priam. He was one of the Trojan elders. After Paris kidnapped Helen of Troy, Hicetaon ...
Butterflies of Oceania
Endemic fauna of the Solomon Islands
Insects of the Solomon Islands
Lepidoptera of Papua New Guinea
Butterflies described in 1886
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