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''Graphium euphrates'' is a butterfly found in the
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
and Sulawesi that belongs to the swallowtail family. The larva feeds on ''
Annona ''Annona'' (from Taíno ''annon'') is a genus of flowering plants in the pawpaw/ sugar apple family, Annonaceae. It is the second largest genus in the family after '' Guatteria'', containing approximately 166
'', '' Desmos'' and ''
Uvaria ''Uvaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. The generic name ''uvaria'' is derived from the Latin ''uva'' meaning grape, likely because the edible fruit of some species in the genus resemble grapes. Circumscription Specie ...
'' species.


Subspecies

*''G. e. euphrates'' (Philippines: Busuanga, Cuyo, Homonhon, Leyte, Luzon, Marinduque, Mindanao, Mindoro, Samar) *''G. e. nisus'' Jordan (northern Luzon) *''G. e. domaranus'' (Fruhstorfer, 1903) (Philippines: Palawan, Dumaran, Balabac) *''G. e. ornatus'' (Rothschild, 1895) (Halmahera, Ternate, Bachan) *''G. e. boholensis'' Page, 1987 (Philippines: Bohol) *''G. e. buhisanus'' Page, 1987 (Philippines: Cebu) *''G. e. elegantia'' Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980 (southern Sulawesi)


References

* *Page & Treadaway, 2003 ''Schmetterlinge der Erde'', ''Butterflies of the world'' Part XVII (17), Papilionidae IX Papilionidae of the Philippine Islands. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. euphrates Butterflies described in 1862 Butterflies of Indonesia Lepidoptera of the Philippines Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder {{Papilionidae-stub