Graphium porthaon

Cream Striped Swordtail
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. porthaon
Binomial name
	Graphium porthaon; (Hewitson, 1865)
Subspecies
	G. p. porthaon (Hewitson, 1865); G. p. tanganyikae Kielland, 1978; G. p. mackiei Collins & Larsen, 1991;
Synonyms
	Papilio porthaon;

The Coastal Swordtail, Cream-striped Swordtail or Swordtail Dark Swordtail (Graphium porthaon) is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family, found in tropical western Africa.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 60–65 mm in females. Species has continuous broods during warmer months.^[2]

The larva feed on Artabotrys monteiroae, Annona, Uvaria, Friesodielsia obovata, Cleistochlamys kirkii, Monodora junodii, Monanthotaxis caffra, Uvaria caffra, and Uvaria kirkii.^[2]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Graphium, funet.fi
^ ^a ^b ^c Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.

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[funet-1] Graphium, funet.fi

[Woodhall-2] Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.

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