Graphium biokoensis

Graphium biokoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G. biokoensis
Binomial name
Graphium biokoensis
(Gauthier, 1984)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio policenes biokoensis Gauthier, 1984
  • Graphium (Arisbe) biokoensis
  • Papilio nigrescens ab. intermedia Birket-Smith, 1960

Graphium biokoensis, the Gauthier's striped swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in eastern Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Bioko, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi.[2] Its habitat consists of forests.

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