Graphium browni
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.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Graphium |
| Species: | G. browni |
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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
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- D'Abrera, B. (1971). Butterflies of the Australian Region. Lansdowne Press, Melbourne.ISBN 0701803134
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