''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 larges ...

. 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 Emil Weiske (1867, Dolsenhain bei Altenburg – 1950, Saalfeld) was a German naturalist. Emil Weiske was a professional collector of insects and birds. He emigrated to California in 1890 and to Hawaii in 1892. He made expeditions to the Fiji Is ...

References

* * 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
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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.

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* * Weiskei Lepidoptera of New Guinea Butterflies described in 1900 {{Papilionidae-stub

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