Graphium porthaon
| Cream Striped Swordtail | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Graphium |
| Species: | G. porthaon |
| Binomial name | |
| Graphium porthaon (Hewitson, 1865) | |
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The Coastal Swordtail, Cream-striped Swordtail or Swordtail Dark Swordtail (Graphium porthaon) is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family, found in tropical western 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 Artabotrys monteiroae, Annona, Uvaria, Friesodielsia obovata, Cleistochlamys kirkii, Monodora junodii, Monanthotaxis caffra, Uvaria caffra, and Uvaria kirkii.[1][2]
Subspecies
- G. p. porthaon (Hewitson, 1865) (coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland)
- G. p. tanganyikae Kielland, 1978 (Tanzania: Kigoma district)
- G. p. mackiei Collins & Larsen, 1991 (Kenya, Tanzania)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Graphium porthaon |
- Carcasson, R.H 1960 The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera,Papilionidae). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society pdf Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society