TL: “Asia” [Guangdong, China] (1500 m.)
Upperside opaque black. Fore and hind wings crossed from above the tornal area on tho hind to near the apex of the fore wing by a semi-hyaline broad pale blue medial band which is broadest in the middle, more or less greenish and macular anteriorly; the portion of the band that crosses interspaces 6, 7 and 8 on the hind wing white; beyond the band on the hind wing there is a sub-terminal line of blue slender lunules.
Underside similar, ground-colour dark brown.
Hind wing: a short comparatively broad sub-basal band from costa to sub-costal vein, and the postdiscal area between the medial blue band and the sub-terminal lunules velvety black traversed by the pale veins and transversely, except in interspaces 6 and 7, by narrow crimson lines; lastly, a crimson spot near the tornal angle with an admarginal yellowish-white spot below it.
Antenna, head, thorax and abdomen brown, the head and thorax suffused with greenish grey; beneath: the palpi, thorax and abdomen touched with dingy white, the abdomen with two whitish lateral lines.
Underside similar, ground-colour dark brown.
Hind wing: a short comparatively broad sub-basal band from costa to sub-costal vein, and the postdiscal area between the medial blue band and the sub-terminal lunules velvety black traversed by the pale veins and transversely, except in interspaces 6 and 7, by narrow crimson lines; lastly, a crimson spot near the tornal angle with an admarginal yellowish-white spot below it.
Antenna, head, thorax and abdomen brown, the head and thorax suffused with greenish grey; beneath: the palpi, thorax and abdomen touched with dingy white, the abdomen with two whitish lateral lines.
Habitat
- Tropical rainforest
55-90 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
DeutschKolibrifalter 
EnglishBlue Triangle EnglishCommon Bluebottle 
മലയാളംനീലക്കുടുക്ക 
ไทยสะพายฟ้าธรรมดา 
中文青鳳蝶 
日本語アオスジアゲハ 
한국어청띠제비나비 
زبان_فارسیسهگوش نیلی
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Annonaceae Melodorum Lauraceae Cinnamomum Lauraceae Cryptocarya amygdalina Lauraceae Litsea
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Papilio sarpedon Linnaeus, 1758
- Subspecies
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Species Author Graphium (G.) sarpedon choredon (C. & R. Felder, 1864) Graphium (G.) sarpedon colus Fruhstorfer, 1907 Graphium (G.) sarpedon connectens (Fruhstorfer, 1906) Graphium (G.) sarpedon impar (Rothschild, 1895) Graphium (G.) sarpedon imparilis (Rothschild, 1895) Graphium (G.) sarpedon islander Monastyrskii, 2012 Graphium (G.) sarpedon luctatius (Fruhstorfer, 1907) Graphium (G.) sarpedon messogis (Fruhstorfer, 1907) Graphium (G.) sarpedon nipponum (Fruhstorfer, 1903) Graphium (G.) sarpedon pagus (Fruhstorfer, 1907) Graphium (G.) sarpedon sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) Graphium (G.) sarpedon sirkari Page & Treadaway, 2013 Graphium (G.) sarpedon teredon Felder & Felder, 1864 Graphium (G.) sarpedon wetterensis K.Okano, 1993
- Graphium (G.) sarpedon is a member of the clade Graphium codrus:
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Species Author Graphium (G.) cloanthus (Westwood, 1841) Graphium (G.) codrus (Cramer, [1777]) Graphium (G.) empedovana (Corbet, 1941) Graphium (G.) gelon Boisduval, 1859 Graphium (G.) macleayanus (Leach, 1814) Graphium (G.) mendana Godman & Salvin, 1888 Graphium (G.) monticolus Fruhstorfer, 1896 Graphium (G.) sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) Graphium (G.) stresemanni Rothschild, 1916 Graphium (G.) weiskei (Ribbe, 1900)
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies of India Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy Butterflies of Indo-China Y.Inayoshi Butterflies of Laos Butterflies of Singapore Japanese Moths Lepiforum e. V.
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