Graphium junodi
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Graphium junodi, the Junod's swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique and along the eastern border of Zimbabwe.[3] The habitat consists of warm forests.
Description
Very nearly allied to Graphium polistratus and only differing from it in that the markings of the upper surface are greenish white, the basal spot of cellule 2 of the hindwing is large also beneath, the submarginal spots on the upperside of the hindwing and in cellules lb to 5 of the forewing are very small or absent; of the discal spots of the hindwing those of cellules 2 and 3 are completely absent, those of cellules 4 and 5 are small and the one in cellule 6 is rather large, rounded posteriorly. Delagoa Bay.[4]
Biology
Adults are on wing from July to September and from January to April.
Taxonomy
Graphium junodi is a member of the antheus - clade Graphium antheus, Graphium colonna, Graphium evombar , Graphium kirbyi, Graphium junodi, Graphium polistratus, Graphium illyris, Graphium gudenusi).
References
- ^ Trimen, R. 1893. On some new or imperfectly known species of South African butterflies.Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1893: 123-143.
- ^ 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.
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