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)[1]
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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