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''Graphium euphratoides'' is a butterfly found in
Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of t ...
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 ...
that belongs to the swallowtail family.


Taxonomy

Originally described as ''Papilio antiphates'' Cram. Form ''euphratoides'' Eimer, 1889 this taxon has been treated as *a synonym (aberration) of '' Graphium antiphates'' ''decolor'' Staudinger, 1888 *a subspecies of '' Graphium euphrates'' Felder, 1862 *a subspecies of ''
Graphium decolor ''Graphium decolor'' is a butterfly found in the Philippines and Sabah Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the N ...
'' Staudinger, 1888 *a species of ''Graphium''


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. euphratoides Butterflies described in 1889 Lepidoptera of the Philippines Taxa named by Theodor Eimer {{Papilionidae-stub