Graphium stresemanni
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Graphium stresemanni is a vulnerable
species of butterfly
in the Papilionidae family. It is endemic to the Indonesia
n island of Seram. It resembles the related Graphium weiskei
, a more common species from New Guinea
.
Vulnerable species
On 30 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 9694 Vulnerable species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations.-References:...
species of butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the Papilionidae family. It is endemic to the Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
n island of Seram. It resembles the related Graphium weiskei
Graphium weiskei
The Purple Spotted Swallowtail, Graphium weiskei, which is found only in the highlands of New Guinea, is a butterfly of the swallowtail family. It resembles the related Graphium stresemanni....
, a more common species from New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
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Source
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Graphium stresemanni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.