| Graphium megarus | (Westwood, 1841) |
TL: India, Assam
Male upperside black with the following white streaks and spots. Fore wing cell with a small spot at base followed by three obliquely transverse streaks in middle, none extended to either the subcostal or median veins, and two spots near apex; single slender narrow streaks in interspaces la and 2, and two streaks in interspace 1; above these a spot at base followed by a streak in each of the interspaces 3, 4, 6 and 8, an outer spot only in interspace 5, and a basal spot in interspace 7; finally, a complete series of small subterminal spots. Hind wing: a streak in cell with a spot above its outer apex; a streak followed by a spot in each of the interspaces 1, 6 and 7; three elongate spots in interspaces 2 and 3 and two in interspaces 4 and 5; finally, a series of four slender subterminal lunules in interspaces 2 to 5. Underside similar, with similar but slightly broader markings.
Female similar, ground-colour duller, more fuliginous black; markings similar, on the fore wing slightly broader, on the hind wing slightly narrower, than in the male.
Female similar, ground-colour duller, more fuliginous black; markings similar, on the fore wing slightly broader, on the hind wing slightly narrower, than in the male.
70 - 80 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishSpotted Zebra 
ไทยม้าลายจุด 
中文细纹凤蝶 
日本語メガルスマダラタイマイ 
زبان_فارسیخالخالی گورخری
- Subspecies
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Species Author Graphium (Pathysa) megarus megapenthes (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Graphium (Pathysa) megarus megarus (Westwood, 1841) Graphium (Pathysa) megarus tiomanensis Eliot, 1978
- Graphium (Pathysa) megarus is a member of the clade Graphium macareus:
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Species Author Graphium (Paranticopsis) delessertii (Guérin-Méneville, 1839) Graphium (Paranticopsis) deucalion (Boisduval, 1836) Graphium (Paranticopsis) encelades (Boisduval, 1836) Graphium (Paranticopsis) idaeoides Hewitson, 1853 Graphium (Paranticopsis) megaera Staudinger, 1888 Graphium (Paranticopsis) phidias (Oberthür, 1906) Graphium (Paranticopsis) ramaceus (Westwood, 1872) Graphium (Paranticopsis) stratocles (Felder & Felder, 1861) Graphium (Paranticopsis) thule (Wallace, 1865) Graphium (Pathysa) macareus (Godart, 1819) Graphium (Pathysa) megarus (Westwood, 1841) Graphium (Pathysa) xenocles (Doubleday, 1842)
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies of India Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy Butterflies of Laos
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