Graphium hicetaon (Mathew 1886)

Graphium hicetaon is a butterfly found in the Solomon Islands - Bougainville Island, Choiseul Island, Shortland Island, Florida Island, Guadalcanal, New Georgia Group and Ugi Island - that belongs to the swallowtail family.

Taxonomy

Graphium hicetaon 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

The holotype is in the Natural History Museum, London.

References

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• Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
• Tsukada, E. & Nishiyama, Y. 1982. Papilionidae. In: Tsukada, E. (ed): Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. Volume 1. Plapac Co., Tokyo