Graphium euphratoides explained

Graphium euphratoides is a butterfly found in Mindanao in the Philippines that belongs to the swallowtail family.

Taxonomy

Originally described as Papilio antiphates Cram. Form euphratoides Eimer, 1889 this taxon has been treated as

• a synonym (aberration) of Graphium antiphates decolor Staudinger, 1888
• a subspecies of Graphium euphrates Felder, 1862
• a subspecies of Graphium decolor Staudinger, 1888
• a species of Graphium

References

• Book: Collins . N. Mark . Morris . Michael G. . Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book . 1985 . . Gland & Cambridge . 978-2-88032-603-6 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
• Page & Treadaway, 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.