Graphium evombar
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| male, Ankarana Reserve, Madagascar | |
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| Tailless female in Anjajavy Forest, Madagascar | |
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Graphium evombar is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found on Madagascar and the Comoros.[3] The habitat consists of forests. ==Description== Markings of the upper surface greenish white; the middle cell of the forewing with 5 almost straight transverse bars; the second, which as usual is prolonged posteriorly, confluent at the hindmargin with the discal spot of cellule 1 a; the spot in the apex of the cell of the hindwing above completely or almost completely united with the median band; the discal spots of cellules 2 to 4 of the forewing completely fill up the base of the cellules; the hindwing above without red spots. Madagascar.
Subspecies
- Graphium evombar evombar (Madagascar)
- Graphium evombar viossati Collins, 1997[4] (Comoros)
Taxonomy
Graphium evombar is a member of the antheus - clade Graphium antheus, Graphium colonna, Graphium evombar , Graphium kirbyi, Graphium junodi, Graphium polistratus, Graphium illyris, Graphium gudenusi).
References
- ^ Boisduval, J.B.A. 1836. In: [Roret, Suites à Buffon] Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères 1: [iv], xii, 690 + 6 pp. Paris.
- ^ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
- ^ Collins, S.C. 1997. In: d’Abrera, B. 1997 Butterflies of the Afrotropical region. Part 1
External links
- Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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