Graphium schaffgotschi
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| Schaffgotsch's swordtail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Graphium |
| Species: | G. schaffgotschi
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| Graphium schaffgotschi | |
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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.
Images
[edit | edit source]External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Graphium schaffgotschi belongs to a clade with six members. All have similar genitalia The clade members are:
- Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
- Graphium endochus (Boisduval, 1836)
- Graphium morania (Angas, 1849)
- Graphium taboranus (Oberthür, 1886)
- Graphium schaffgotschi (Niepelt, 1927)
- Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
It was regarded as conspecific with Graphium taboranus by some earlier authorities.[3]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Graphium schaffgotschi.
- ^ Graphium schaffgotschi, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
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- Niepelt, W. (1927): Neue exotischer Rhopaloceren. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 21:49-53.
External links
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