Graphium angolanus
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Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
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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 caterpillars feed on Annona senegalensis, Sphedamnocarpus pruriens, Uvaria spp., Landolphia buchannani, and Landolphia ugandensis.[2][1]
Subspecies
- G. a. angolanus (Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo, coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, northern Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Comoros)
- G. a. baronis (Ungemach, 1932) (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, western Kenya, Tanzania)
References
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