Species Details

@Subhajit Roy

Great Zebra Did you see this animal?

Scientific Name : Graphium xenocles
Family : Papilionidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : All types of wildlife habitat
 
Description : The male of this butterfly has black uppersides on the forewings with greenish or bluish-white streaks and spots. These include streaks in the cell, broad streaks in several interspaces, rounded spots, and a subterminal series of spots. The hindwings also have similar streaks and spots, with some yellow markings in interspaces 1 and 2. Undersides are brownish with similar but duller markings. Antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen are black with white spots.

Females are similar but may have wider hindwing markings and a chestnut red ground color on the hindwings instead of black or brown.
 
Distribution in Bangladesh
References:
description written by:Zarin Tasnim,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, www.biodiversitylibrary.org;photo credit:Subhajit Roy (www.inaturalist.org/people/Subhajit Roy ),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.