''Graphium sandawanum'', the Apo swallowtail, is a species of
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Papilionidae
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
.
Taxonomy
''Graphium hicetaon'' belongs to the ''wallacei''
species group. This clade has four members:
*''
Graphium wallacei''
(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''
Yamamoto, 1977
References
Sources
*Page M. G.P & Treadaway, C. G. 2003 ''Schmetterlinge der Erde'', ''Butterflies of the World'' Part XVII (17), Papilionidae IX Papilionidae of the Philippine Islands. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books.
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sandawanum
Lepidoptera of the Philippines
Endemic fauna of the Philippines
Fauna of Mindanao
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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