Graphium olbrechtsi

Graphium olbrechtsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. olbrechtsi
Binomial name
	Graphium olbrechtsi; Berger, 1950
Synonyms
	Graphium (Arisbe) olbrechtsi;

Last updated August 19, 2025

Graphium olbrechtsi is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[3]

Subspecies

Graphium olbrechtsi olbrechtsi (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kabinda, Lomami, Lualaba)
Graphium olbrechtsi tongoniBerger, 1969^[4] (Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Maniema)

Taxonomy

Graphium olbrechtsi belongs to a species group with 16 members. All are very similar The species group members are:

Graphium abri Smith & Vane-Wright, 2001
Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)
Graphium agamedes (Westwood, 1842)
Graphium almansor (Honrath, 1884)
Graphium auriger (Butler, 1876)
Graphium aurivilliusi (Seeldrayers, 1896)
Graphium fulleri (Grose-Smith, 1883)
Graphium hachei (Dewitz, 1881)
Graphium kigoma Carcasson, 1964
Graphium olbrechtsiBerger, 1950
Graphium poggianus (Honrath, 1884)
Graphium rileyi Berger, 1950
Graphium schubotzi (Schultze, 1913)
Graphium simoni (Aurivillius, 1899),
Graphium ucalegon (Hewitson, 1865)[
Graphium ucalegonides (Staudinger, 1884)

G. olbrechtsi and G. odin (synonym of schubotzi) are regarded as conspecific with G. auriger by Hancock (1983)^[5]

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

References

↑ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
↑ Berger, Lucien A., Catalogues raisonnes de la faune entomologique du Congo Beige.Lepidopteres-Rhopaloceres. I.-Fam. Papilionida:" [in French). Ann. Mus. Congo Belge C. Zool. Serie III (II), voJ.8: pp.1-L04, 96 figs. 1950.
↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
↑ Berger, L.A. 1969. Note sur Graphium olbrechtsi Bger. Lambillionea 67: 84-85.
↑ Hancock, D.L. (1983). Classification of the Papilionidae (Lepidoptera): a phylogenetic approach. Smithersia 2: 1-48.

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[funet-1] Graphium, Site of Markku Savela

[2] Berger, Lucien A., Catalogues raisonnes de la faune entomologique du Congo Beige.Lepidopteres-Rhopaloceres. I.-Fam. Papilionida:" [in French). Ann. Mus. Congo Belge C. Zool. Serie III (II), voJ.8: pp.1-L04, 96 figs. 1950.

[ATBUT-3] Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini

[4] Berger, L.A. 1969. Note sur Graphium olbrechtsi Bger. Lambillionea 67: 84-85.

[5] Hancock, D.L. (1983). Classification of the Papilionidae (Lepidoptera): a phylogenetic approach. Smithersia 2: 1-48.

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