Graphium schaffgotschi
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| Schaffgotsch’s Swordtail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Graphium |
| Species: | G. schaffgotschi |
| Binomial name | |
| Graphium schaffgotschi (Niepelt, 1927)[1] | |
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The Schaffgotsch’s Swordtail (Graphium schaffgotschi) is a butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is found in Namibia, Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.
Adults are on wing year round.
Taxonomy
Regarded as conspecific with Graphium taboranus by some earlier authorities
References
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- ↑ Graphium schaffgotschi, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
- Niepelt, W. (1927): Neue exotischer Rhopaloceren. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 21:49-53.
External links
- Images of Graphium schaffgotschi Royal Museum of Central Africa
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