White Lady | |
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Conservation status | |
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Graphium |
Species: | G. morania |
Binomial name | |
Graphium morania (Angas, 1849) |
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The White Lady or Small White-lady Swordtail (Graphium morania) is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family, found in southern Africa.[1]
The wingspan is 50–55 mm in males and 55–60 mm in females. Fight period is year-round, peaking in November and February.[2]
The larva feed on Uvaria caffra, Artabotrys spp., Hexalobus monopetalus, Artabotrys brachypetalus, Artabotrys monteiroae, and Annona senegalensis.[2][1]