Graphium tynderaeus

Graphium tynderaeus, the electric green swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania.[3] Its habitat consists of primary lowland forests.

Graphium tynderaeus
Upperside
Underside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. tynderaeus
Binomial name
Graphium tynderaeus
(Fabricius, 1793) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio tynderaeus Fabricius, 1793
  • Graphium (Arisbe) tynderaeus
  • Papilio nausinous Godart, 1819
  • Papilio tynderaeus var. ochrea Capronnier, 1889
  • Papilio tynderaeus ab. fraudatus Gaede, 1916
  • Papilio tynderaeus ab. incompleta Dufrane, 1936
  • Graphium tynderaeus ab. confluens Berger, 1950

Males may mud-puddle but are extremely wary if approached.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the tynderaeus -clade (Graphium tynderaeus, Graphium philonoe, Graphium latreillianus).

References
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  1. Fabricius, , J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta 3 (1): 35 (488 pp.). Hafniae.
  2. Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
  3. Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini


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