Graphium morania
White Lady | |
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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)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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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.[2]
The wingspan is 50–55 mm in males and 55–60 mm in females. Fight period is year-round, peaking in November and February.[3]
The larva feed on Uvaria caffra, Artabotrys spp., Hexalobus monopetalus, Artabotrys brachypetalus, Artabotrys monteiroae, and Annona senegalensis.[2][3]
References
Wikispecies has information related to: Graphium morania |
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Graphium morania, funet.fi
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.