Graphium levassori

Graphium levassori
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
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]

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 ).

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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Sources

• IUCN Red List of all current Threatened Species