Graphium policenes

Small 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. policenes
Binomial name
	Graphium policenes; (Cramer, [1775])
Synonyms
	Papilio policenes Cramer, 1775; Papilio pompilius Herbst, 1788; Papilio agapenor Fabricius, 1793; Papilio scipio Palisot de Beauvois, 1805; Papilio polixenus Godart, 1819; Papilio policenes laurentia Le Cerf, 1924; Papilio (Cosmodesmus) policenes policenes f. guineensis Dufrane, 1946; Graphium policenes f. coussementi Berger, 1960;

The Common Swordtail or Small Striped Swordtail (Graphium policenes) is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family, found in tropical 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 Uvaria caffra, Artabotrys monteiroae, Uvaria bukobensis, Uvara chamae, Landolphia buchannani, Landolphia ugandensis, Polyalthia spp., Annona reticulata, Annona senegalensis, Annona squamosa, and Monanthotaxis caffra.^[2]^[1]

Subspecies

Graphium policenes policenes (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Graphium policenes telloi Hecq, 1999 (Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Central African Republic, southern Sudan)

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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