Graphium ramaceus
Graphium ramaceus, the Pendlebury's zebra, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in parts of the Indomalayan realm.
Subspecies
- G. r. ramaceus
- G. r. pendleburyi
- ''G. r. interjectus''
Description
ramaceus Westw.. A much darkened form. Male: the discal stripes of the forewing aresuppressed, at most there are traces of two spots before the hindmargin. The discal stripes of the hindwing are short and always much narrower than in the preceding forms, usually much narrower than the interspaces.
Female without discal spot on either wing; the submarginal spots small, partly suppressed, beneath somewhat larger and here there are also faint discal stripes before the abdominal margin of the hindwing. North and South Borneo
Karl Jordan in Seitz provides a description differentiating ramaceus as leucothoe from nearby taxa and discussing some forms.