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. [4]
Subspecies
- Graphium evombar evombar (Madagascar)
- Graphium evombar viossati Collins, 1997[5] (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
- ^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ 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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