Graphium morania

White Lady
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G. morania
Binomial name
Graphium morania
(Angas, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Papilio morania

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]

References

  1. ^ a b Graphium, funet.fi
  2. ^ a b Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.