Graphium codrus

Graphium codrus is a simply coloured and common butterfly from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The first description was in 1777 by Cramer. With a wingspan of 10.0 – 12.0 cm Graphium codrus is a big member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. The butterfly is black with greenish or yellowish spots.

Photos for easy identification

: Photo © by Thomas Neubauer; from assortment of Dr. Hildegard Winkler specialty shop of entomology (see links)

: Photo © by Thomas Neubauer; from assortment of Dr. Hildegard Winkler specialty shop of entomology (see links)

: Photo © by Thomas Neubauer; from assortment of Dr. Hildegard Winkler specialty shop of entomology (see links)

: Photo © by Thomas Neubauer; from assortment of Dr. Hildegard Winkler specialty shop of entomology (see links)

These are nice photos of Graphium codrus. Graphium codrus is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia).

Description

The forewings are black. There is only one chain of big greenish or yellowish spots. Nearby body the ground is grey.
The underside is a copy of upside, but the ground is brown.

The hind wings are black and grey and have tails. The margin is ridged.
The underside is a copy of upside, but the ground is brown.

The body is grey, but the underside is brown.

Sex differences:

Distribution

Graphium codrus is a butterfly of the Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The distribution extend from Philippines and Malaysia to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

: This world map shows the ecozones in which this butterfly is distributed.

Larval food

Hernandia avigera

General information

The first description of this butterfly was in 1777 by Cramer. There are many subspecies.

Graphium codrus auratus [Rothschild]
Graphium codrus celebensis [Wallace]
Graphium codrus gilolensis [Wallace]
Graphium codrus medon [Felder]
Graphium codrus melanthus [C. & R. Felder, 1862]
Graphium codrus noeli [Page & Treadaway, 2003]
Graphium codrus pisidice [Godman & Salvin]
Graphium codrus segonax [Godman & Salvin]
Graphium codrus striris [Jordan]
Graphium codrus taloranus [Jordan]
Graphium codrus tenebrionis [Rothschild]
Graphium codrus toealensis [Rothschild]
Graphium codrus yayoeae [Nihira & Kawamura, 1986]

Protection provisions / Red List

CITES: (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora):

-no entry- (as at 23.06.2005)
EU regulation on trading with species of wild Fauna and Flora

-no entry- (as at 19.08.2005)
IUCN Red List of threatened species:

-no entry- (as at 2004) (see: www.redlist.org/)