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Graphium mandarinus
| Spectacle swordtail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Graphium |
| Species: | G. mandarinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Graphium mandarinus Oberthür, 1879
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| Synonyms | |
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Pazala mandarinus | |
Graphium mandarinus, the spectacle swordtail, which is native to India, is a butterfly of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae). It belongs to subgenus Pazala of the swordtails, that is, genus Graphium.
Graphium (Pazala) glycerion Gray is considered by some as the correct nomenclature of this butterfly.
It has a related species, the sixbar swordtail Graphium eurous, which is also found in India.
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