Graphium policenes
| Small striped swordtail | |
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| Mounted specimen, at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Graphium |
| Species: | G. policenes |
| Binomial name | |
| Graphium policenes (Cramer, [1775]) | |
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Graphium policenes, the common swordtail or small striped swordtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in tropical 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 Uvaria caffra, Artabotrys monteiroae, Uvaria bukobensis, Uvara chamae, Landolphia buchannani, Landolphia ugandensis, Polyalthia species, Annona reticulata, Annona senegalensis, Annona squamosa, and Monanthotaxis caffra.[1][2]
Subspecies
- Graphium policenes policenes (Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Graphium policenes telloi Hecq, 1999 (Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Central African Republic, southern Sudan)
Gallery
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Dorsal view, from Papillions exotiques (1779)
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Ventral view
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Graphium policenes |
- 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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