''Graphium weiskei'', the purple spotted swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the swallowtail 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 larg ...
. It is found only in the highlands of
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
. These swallowtails live in elevations of .
The name honours the collector
Emil Weiske.
See also
* ''
Graphium stresemanni'' – visually similar species
References
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* Müller, C.J. and Tennent, W.J 1999 A New Species of Graphium Scopoli (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea 1999 ''Records of the Australian Museum'' 51: (161-168
pdf Presents a key to the closely related ''
Graphium kosii'', ''Graphium weiskei'' (Ribbe), ''
G.stresemanni'' (Rothschild), ''
G. batjanensis'' Okano, ''
G. macleayanum'' (Leach) and ''
G. gelon'' (Boisduval) all of which are confined to the Australasian region.
External links
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Weiskei
Lepidoptera of New Guinea
Butterflies described in 1900
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