Graphium policenoides
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| Graphium policenoides forma nigrescens | |
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| Species: | G. policenoides
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Graphium policenoides is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3] Its habitat consists of wet forests in good condition. It is very similar to Graphium policenes and Graphium liponesco [4]
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Graphium policenes-clade (policenes, Graphium liponesco, Graphium biokoensis, Graphium policenoides, Graphium porthaon.)
References
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- ^ Holland, W.J. 1892 Descriptions of some new species of African Lepidoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 10: 284-295.
- ^ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
- ^ 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)
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