Graphium levassori
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Graphium levassori, the yellow lady, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Comoros.[4]
Description
The greater part of the wings above is yellowish white, but the following parts are black: the costal margin of the forewing as far as the cell and on the hindwing the apex, which is adorned with two light spots in cellules 7 and 8, and a marginal line, only 1 mm broad between vein 5 and the hinder angle, which is somewhat widened at the apical angle and there encloses two light spots. — Great Comoro.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the leonidas-group of closely species (Graphium leonidas, Graphium levassori, Graphium cyrnus).
References
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- ^ Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Graphium levassori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9473A12991572. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9473A12991572.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Oberthür, , C. 1890. Lepidopteres des Iles Comores. Etudes d’Entomologie 13: 9-15.
- ^ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
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