Graphium porthaon

Cream striped swordtail
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G. porthaon
Binomial name
Graphium porthaon
(Hewitson, 1865)
Subspecies

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Synonyms
  • Papilio porthaon Hewitson, 1865
  • Papilio porthaon ab. adjectus Thurau, 1903
  • Papilio porthaon vernayi van Son, 1936

Graphium porthaon, the coastal swordtail, cream-striped swordtail or dark swordtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae, found in tropical western Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 60–65 mm in females. The species has continuous broods during warmer months.[2]

The larva feed on Artabotrys monteiroae, Annona, Uvaria, Friesodielsia obovata, Cleistochlamys kirkii, Monodora junodii, Monanthotaxis caffra, Uvaria caffra, and Uvaria kirkii.[1][2]

Subspecies

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Graphium porthaon
  1. 1 2 Graphium, funet.fi
  2. 1 2 3 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.


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