Graphium porthaon
| Cream striped swordtail | |
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Graphium |
| Species: | G. porthaon |
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| Graphium porthaon (Hewitson, 1865) | |
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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
- G. p. porthaon (Hewitson, 1865) (coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland)
- G. p. tanganyikae Kielland, 1978 (Tanzania: Kigoma district)
- G. p. mackiei Collins & Larsen, 1991 (Kenya, Tanzania)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Graphium porthaon |
- Carcasson, R.H. 1960 "The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society pdf Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society
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