Graphium adamastor

Graphium adamastor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. adamastor
Binomial name
	Graphium adamastor; (Boisduval, 1836)
Synonyms
	Papilio adamastor Boisduval, 1836; Graphium (Arisbe) adamastor; Papilio (Cosmodesmus) charcedonius ab. guineensis Dufrane, 1946; Pailio (Cosmodesmus) charcedonius ab. houzeaui Dufrane, 1946; Graphium adamastor dimbroko Berger, 1950; Graphium adamastor zongo Berger, 1950;

Graphium adamastor, Boisduval’s White Lady, is a butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of dry forests and the transition zone between forests and the Guinea savanna.

Adult females mimic of Amauris damocles. Both sexes feed from flowers, including Calodendrum splendens.

The larvae feed on various Annonaceae species.

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