'' Graphium mullah '' 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 ...

. It is found in China, Laos,

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...

, Japan and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

Subspecies

*''G. m. mullah'' (Alphéraky 1897) (China, Taiwan and Japan) *''G. m. kooichii'' Morita, 1996 (Laos) *''G. m.timur'' Ney, 1911 ("Ta-tsien-lu", China)

References

*Devyatkin, A. L.; Monastyrskii, A. L. (2003) New taxa and new records of butterflies from Vietnam, 2. ''Atalanta'' 34 (1/2): 75-109, (11 figs.), 262-271 (pls. 5–9).

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