Graphium stresemanni [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Graphium stresemanni
Graphium stresemanni is a vulnerable species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Seram. It closely resembles the related "Graphium weiskei", a more common species from New Guinea but has been treated as a distinct species. It is rare.
Taxonomy.
"Graphium batjanensis" described by Okano in 1984 appears to be allopatric to "G. stresemanni" and the same species.It has also been suggested to be conspecific with "G. weiskei".
References.
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Graphium stresemanni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.  Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
- 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  Presents a key to the closely related "Graphium kosii" , "Graphium weiskei" (Ribbe), "G.stresemanni" (Rothschild), "