Graphium schaffgotschi

Schaffgotsch's swordtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G. schaffgotschi
Binomial name
Graphium schaffgotschi
(Niepelt, 1927)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio schaffgotschi Niepelt, 1927
  • Graphium (Arisbe) schaffgotschi

Graphium schaffgotschi, the Schaffgotsch's swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Namibia, Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.[2] Its habitat consists of savanna.

Adults are on wing year round.

Taxonomy

It was regarded as conspecific with Graphium taboranus by some earlier authorities.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ Graphium schaffgotschi, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
  3. ↑ Papilionidae – revised GloBIS/GART species checklist


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