Graphium levassori

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Graphium levassori
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. levassori
Binomial name
Graphium levassori
(Oberthür, 1890) [2] [3]
Synonyms
  • Papilio levassoriOberthür, 1886

Graphium levassori, the yellow lady, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Comoros. [4]

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Description

The greater part of the wings above is yellowish white, but the following parts are black: the costal margin of the forewing as far as the cell and on the hindwing the apex, which is adorned with two light spots in cellules 7 and 8, and a marginal line, only 1 mm broad between vein 5 and the hinder angle, which is somewhat widened at the apical angle and there encloses two light spots. — Great Comoro. [5]

Taxonomy

It is a member of the leonidas-group of closely species ( Graphium leonidas , Graphium levassori, Graphium cyrnus ).

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References

  1. Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Graphium levassori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T9473A12991572. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9473A12991572.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Oberthür, , C. 1890. Lepidopteres des Iles Comores. Etudes d’Entomologie 13: 9-15.
  3. Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
  4. Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
  5. 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 .

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