''Graphium gelon'' is a butterfly of 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 found in New Caledonia and the nearby

Loyalty Islands The Loyalty Islands Province (French ''Province des îles Loyauté'') is one of three administrative subdivisions of New Caledonia encompassing the Loyalty Island (french: Îles Loyauté) archipelago in the Pacific, which are located northeast o ...

. File:Graphium gelon (4).jpg, alt= File:Graphium gelon (2).jpg, alt= File:Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate44.jpg, ''Graphium gelon'' and related species

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* * Presents a key to the closely related ''

Graphium kosii ''Graphium kosii'' is a species of butterfly found only on New Ireland in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, ...

'' , '' 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.

gelon Gelon also known as Gelo ( Greek: Γέλων ''Gelon'', ''gen.'': Γέλωνος; died 478 BC), son of Deinomenes, was a Greek tyrant of the Sicilian cities Gela and Syracuse, and first of the Deinomenid rulers. Early life Gelon was the s ...

Butterflies of Oceania Insects of New Caledonia Endemic fauna of New Caledonia Butterflies described in 1859 Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Papilionidae-stub

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