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Graphium choredon

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Graphium choredon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. choredon
Binomial name
Graphium choredon

Graphium choredon, the blue triangle, is a species of swallowtail butterfly. It is found in Australia.[1]

Description

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Status revised to full species by Page and Treadaway (2013)[2][3]

Habitat

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In eastern Australia, they have adapted to a drier subtropical environment, and are commonly seen in suburban gardens in Queensland and New South Wales.

Behaviour

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Diet

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Life cycle

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References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. As G. s. choredon (C. & R. Felder, 1864). Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  2. ^ Malcolm G. P. Page & Colin G. Treadaway, 2013. Speciation in Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus) and allies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera: Papilionidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 6: 223–246; Stuttgart. PDF Archived 2020-02-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Cotton, A.M. et al., 2022. Graphium septentrionicolus Page & Treadaway, 2013 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) is a distinct species. Zootaxa 5154 (2): 211–224.
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