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Meek's graphium

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Papilionidae

Scientific name
  
Graphium meeki

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Graphium

Rank
  
Species

Meek's graphium

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Graphium mendana, Graphium hicetaon, Graphium wallacei, Graphium thule, Graphium taboranus

The Meek's graphium (Graphium meeki) is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Etymology

The name honours the English bird collector and naturalist Albert Stewart Meek.

References

Meek's graphium Wikipedia