Graphium policenes
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| Species: | G. policenes
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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.[2][3]
The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 60–65 mm in females. The species has continuous broods during warmer months.[3]
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.[2][3]
Subspecies
- Graphium policenes policenes (Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Graphium policenes telloi Hecq, 1999[4] (Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Central African Republic, southern Sudan)
Gallery
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Dorsal view, from Papillions exotiques (1779) -
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Mounted specimen, at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano -
Puddling
Bobiri Forest, Ghana
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Similar species
It is very similar to Graphium policenoides and Graphium liponesco [5] It is the nominal member of the policenes -clade (policenes, Graphium liponesco, Graphium biokoensis, Graphium policenoides, Graphium porthaon.)
References
- ^ Cramer, P. [1775-1776]. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America. Amsteldam & Utrecht. 1: [vi], xxx, 16 pp., 155 pp. .
- ^ a b Graphium, funet.fi
- ^ a b c Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- ^ Hecq , J. 1999 A propos de Graphium policenes; nouveau taxon (Lepidoptera Papilionidae). Lambillionea 99 (4): 517-518
- ^ Larsen, T.B. , 1994 Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775), Graphium policenoides (Holland, 1892), and Graphium liponesco (Suffert, 1904) three closely related taxa (Lepidoptera; Papilionidae) Lambillionea. Juin; 942: 148-156 (Tome I)
- 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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