Graphium policenes

Small Striped Swordtail
Graphium policenes. Mounted specimen, dorsal view, at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G. policenes
Binomial name
Graphium policenes
(Cramer, [1775])
Synonyms
  • Papilio policenes Cramer, 1775
  • Papilio pompilius Herbst, 1788
  • Papilio agapenor Fabricius, 1793
  • Papilio scipio Palisot de Beauvois, 1805
  • Papilio polixenus Godart, 1819
  • Papilio policenes laurentia Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio (Cosmodesmus) policenes policenes f. guineensis Dufrane, 1946
  • Graphium policenes f. coussementi Berger, 1960

The Common Swordtail or Small Striped Swordtail (Graphium policenes) is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family, found in tropical Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 60–65 mm in females. Species has continuous broods during warmer months.[2]

The larva feed on Uvaria caffra, Artabotrys monteiroae, Uvaria bukobensis, Uvara chamae, Landolphia buchannani, Landolphia ugandensis, Polyalthia spp., Annona reticulata, Annona senegalensis, Annona squamosa, and Monanthotaxis caffra.[1][2]

Subspecies

Gallery

Illustration of Graphium policenes, dorsal view, from «Papillions exotiques» (year 1779)
Illustration of Graphium policenes, ventral view

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Graphium policenes
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Graphium, funet.fi
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.