''Graphium mendana'' is a species of
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...
in the family
Papilionidae
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges ...
, that is found in
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
and the
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its ca ...
.
See also
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East Melanesian Islands The East Melanesian Islands, also known as the Solomons-Vanuatu-Bismarck moist forests, is a biogeographic region in the Melanesia subregion of Oceania. Biogeographically, the East Melanesian Islands are part of the Australasian realm.
It is notab ...
References
*Racheli, Tommaso, 1979 New subspecies of ''Papilio'' and ''Graphium'' from the Solomon Islands, with observations on ''Graphium codrus'' (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' 54 (15): 237-240, 1 plat
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mendana
Lepidoptera of New Guinea
Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman
Taxa named by Osbert Salvin
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Butterflies described in 1888
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