''Graphium alebion'' is a butterfly found in
China that belongs to the
swallowtail family.
Description
This insect is similar to ''
Iphiclides podalirius'', but the cell of the forewing is traversed by one more band, and the band situated on the cross-veins is not continued to the hind angle as in ''I. podalirius''. On the hindwing the black portion of the anal ocellus is reduced to a minute line, while the yellow colour forms a large spot.
Subspecies
*''G. a. alebion''
(Gray, 1853)
*''G. a. chungiyanus''
Murayama Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...
References
*
Butterflies described in 1853
alebion
In Greek mythology, Alebion (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεβίων) or Albion () of Liguria, was a son of Poseidon and brother of Bergion (also known as Dercynus). In some sources, the brother of Ialebion (Ἰαλεβίων) was named Ligys.
Mythology ...
Palearctic Lepidoptera
Taxa named by George Robert Gray
{{Papilionidae-stub