Graphium latreillianus

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Graphium latreillianus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. latreillianus
Binomial name
Graphium latreillianus
(Godart, 1819) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio latreillianusGodart, 1819
  • Graphium (Arisbe) latreillianus
  • Papilio latreillanus var. theoriniAurivillius, 1881
  • Papilio potamonianusEhrmann, 1909
  • Papilio latreillianus theorini ab. infrapictaStrand, 1914
  • Papilio aurivillianusAvinoff, 1926
  • Graphium tynderaeus theorini f. xerophilaBerger, 1950
  • Papilio latreillanus theorini ab. luteaBirket-Smith, 1960

Graphium latreillianus, the coppery swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Uganda and Tanzania. [3]

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Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881) Graphium latreillianus theoriniP1020625.jpg
Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881)

Description

For terms see External morphology of Lepidoptera

Hindwing tailless, with rounded margin, which is angled at the ends of the veins or merely undulate. Wings above black-brown with green spots. Hindwing beneath at the base with one or several separated black dots or spots and distinct black dots or spots in the apex of the cell and in the basal part of cellules 1 c—7. Margin of the hindwing slightly waved; palpi yellow; dots on frons and breast white, the spots of the under surface faint and yellowish, with a brassy sheen, never green. — latreillianus Godt. is smaller; forewing above with distinct green submarginal dots. Sierra Leone. — theorini Auriv. (3 d). Larger; the forewing entirely without submarginal dots. Cameroons to Angola [4]

Subspecies

Taxonomy

It is a member of the tynderaeus -clade ( Graphium tynderaeus , Graphium philonoe , Graphium latreillianus).

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

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References

  1. ↑ Godart, J.B. in Latreille , P.A., & Godart, J.B. [1819], [1824]. Encyclopedie Methodique Histoire Naturelle [Zoologie] 9 Entomologie: i-iv, 1-328 [1819], 329-828 [1824]. Paris.
  2. ↑ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
  3. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
  4. ↑ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  5. ↑ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1881. Om en Samling Fjärilar frän Gaboon. Entomologisk Tidskrift 2: 38-47.


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