Graphium taboranus

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Graphium taboranus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. taboranus
Binomial name
Graphium taboranus
(Oberthür, 1886) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio taboranusOberthür, 1886
  • Graphium (Arisbe) taboranus
  • Papilio nivinoxButler, 1894

Graphium taboranus is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, and northern Zambia. [3] The habitat consists of woodland.

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Description

Diagnostic.The markings of the upper surface snow-white; the discal band in cellule 2 of the forewing is smaller, not reaching the base of the cellule and is quite free; the white subdiscal spots of the hindwing above are almost in the middle of the marginal band. Nyassaland and German East Africa. [4] External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

Biology

The larvae feed on Annona species.

Taxonomy

Graphium taboranus belongs to a clade with six members. All have similar genitalia The clade members are:

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References

  1. Oberthür, , C. 1886. [No title]. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 6: 114-115.
  2. Graphium taboranus, 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 .