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Graphium kosii

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Species of butterfly

Graphium kosii
Graphium kosii dorsum. Paratype.
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G.  kosii
Binomial name
Graphium kosii
Müller and Tennent, 1999

Graphium kosii is a species of butterfly found only on New Ireland in Papua New Guinea.

It may be the same species as Graphium weiskei.

References

  1. Müller, C.J. and Tennent, W.J 1999 A New Species of Graphium Scopoli (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea 1999 Records of the Australian Museum 51: (161-168) pdf
  2. "Hauser et al. Papilionidae – revised GloBIS/GART species checklist". Archived from the original on 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
Taxon identifiers
Graphium kosii
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