''Graphium macfarlanei'', the green triangle butterfly or green triangle, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found along the northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland,

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

; as well as on the Moluccas, New Guinea, Admiralty Islands and

New Britain New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi the Dam ...

. The wingspan is about 70 mm. The larvae feed on '' Desmos'' species (including ''

Desmos chinensis ''Desmos chinensis'' is a flowering plant of the custard-apple family, Annonaceae. The yellowish-green flowers are similar to the Ylang-ylang flowers, therefore this plant is sometimes known as dwarf ylang-ylang. Their smell, however, is much le ...

''), ''

Annona muricata Soursop (also called ''graviola, guyabano'', and in Hispanic America, ''guanábana'') is the fruit of ''Annona muricata'', a broadleaf, flowering, evergreen tree. It is native to the tropical regions of the Americas and the Caribbean and is wid ...

'' and ''

Rollinia deliciosa ''Annona mucosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the custard-apple family, Annonaceae, that is native to tropical South America. It is cultivated for its edible fruits, commonly known as biribá, lemon meringue pie fruit, or wild sugar-apple ...

''.

Subspecies

*''Graphium macfarlanei macfarlanei'' (Bachan, Ternate, Halmahera, Waigeu, Misool, Salawati, western Irian to Papua, north-eastern Australia) *''Graphium macfarlanei cestius'' (Fruhstorfer, 1903) (Buru, Ambon, Serang) *''Graphium macfarlanei seminigra'' (Butler, 1882) (New Britain, New Ireland)

External links

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Australian Faunal Directory
macfarlanei Lepidoptera of New Guinea Butterflies described in 1877 {{Papilionidae-stub