Graphium policenes
| Small Striped Swordtail | |
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| Graphium policenes. Mounted specimen, dorsal view, at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| 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 | |
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The Common Swordtail or Small Striped Swordtail (Graphium policenes) is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae, 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
- Graphium policenes policenes (Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Graphium policenes telloi Hecq, 1999 (Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Central African Republic, southern Sudan)
Gallery
 Illustration of Graphium policenes, dorsal view, from «Papillions exotiques» (year 1779) |
 Illustration of Graphium policenes, ventral view |
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Graphium policenes |
- 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
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