''Graphium monticolus'', the Sulawesi blue triangle, is a butterfly of 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 Sulawesi in Indonesia.

Taxonomy

Originally described as a subspecies of '' Papilio'' (''Papilio sarpedon monticolus'' Fruhstorfer, 1896) later treated as a full species and placed in ''Graphium'' by most authorities (''Graphium monticolus'' Fruhstorfer, 1896). Ranked again as a subspecies of ''

Graphium sarpedon ''Graphium sarpedon'', the common bluebottle or blue triangle in Australia, is a species of swallowtail butterfly that is found in South and Southeast Asia, as well as eastern Australia. There are approximately sixteen subspecies with differi ...

'' (''Graphium sarpedon monticolus'' Fruhstorfer, 1896) by Tsukada and Nishiyama, 1982.

Subspecies

*''Graphium monticolus monticolus'' *''Graphium monticolus textrix'' Tsukada & Nishiyaa, 1980

References

* *Tsukada, E. & Nishiyama, Y. 1982. Papilionidae. In: Tsukada, E. (ed): Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. Volume 1. Plapac Co., Tokyo *Vane-Wright, R. I., & R. de. Jong. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. ''Zoologische Verhandlingen'' 343: 1-26
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Illustrated on Plate 5.

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