Spectacle Swordtail

Graphium mandarinus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae

Graphium mandarinus, the spectacle swordtail, which is native to India, is a butterfly of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae). It belongs to subgenus Pazala of the swordtails, that is, genus Graphium. Graphium (Pazala) glycerion Gray is considered by some as the correct nomenclature of this butterfly.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

Photo(c) Michael Kurz, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA DescriptionGraphium mandarinus, Wikipedia contributors

Spectacle Swordtail

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