Graphium schaffgotschi

Schaffgotsch's swordtail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. schaffgotschi
Binomial name
Graphium schaffgotschi
(Niepelt, 1927)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio schaffgotschi Niepelt, 1927
  • Graphium (Arisbe) schaffgotschi

Graphium schaffgotschi, the Schaffgotsch's swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Namibia, Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.[2] Its habitat consists of savanna.

Adults are on wing year round.

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

Taxonomy

Graphium schaffgotschi belongs to a clade with six members. All have similar genitalia The clade members are:

It was regarded as conspecific with Graphium taboranus by some earlier authorities.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Graphium schaffgotschi, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
  3. ^ "List of Papilionidae". www.insects-online.de. Archived from the original on 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  • Niepelt, W. (1927): Neue exotischer Rhopaloceren. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 21:49-53.


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