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Graphium browni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Papilionidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Graphium

Graphium browni

Similar
  
Graphium hicetaon, Graphium wallacei, Graphium mendana, Graphium alebion, Graphium taboranus

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 family.

The larva feeds on Annona mercuriana.

Taxonomy

Graphium browni belongs to the wallacei species group. This clade has four members:

  • Graphium wallacei (Hewitson, 1858)
  • Graphium hicetaon (Mathew, 1886)
  • Graphium browni (Godman & Salvin, 1879)
  • Graphium sandawanum Yamamoto, 1977
  • References

    Graphium browni Wikipedia