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Graphium angolanus

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Angola White Lady
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Graphium
Species:
G. angolanus
Binomial name
Graphium angolanus
(Goeze, 1779)
Subspecies
  • G. a. angolanus
  • G. a. baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Papilio angolanus
  • Graphium pylades

The Angola White Lady (Graphium angolanus) is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family, found in Subsaharan Africa.[1]

The wingspan is 65–70 mm in males and 70–75 mm in females. Fight period is year-round, peaking in November and February.[2]

The larva feed on Annona senegalensis, Sphedamnocarpus pruriens, Uvaria spp., Landolphia buchannani, and Landolphia ugandensis.[2].[1]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Graphium angolanus.
  1. ^ a b Graphium, funet.fi
  2. ^ a b Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
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